Herein described is a method and system for providing shared access to data residing within a data pool of a data storage device. Aspects of the invention incorporate the use of one or more mechanisms by which access to the data occurs. The one or more mechanisms may be enabled or disabled by way of...http://www.google.de/patents/US8065350?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8065350 - Method and system for flexibly providing shared access to data pools