In general, embodiments of the invention relate to reading data from and writing data to a storage system. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a read only mode for a portion of a storage system. In one embodiment, a selective read-only mode for a portion of a storage system is implemented...http://www.google.de/patents/US7949636?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7949636 - Systems and methods for a read only mode for a portion of a storage system