Systems, processes, and products for storage and retrieval of electronic files

摘要

A system and process that involve a digital computer storage comprising block locations having physical block addresses and logical block addresses representing a relational database configuration of cells at logical intersections of sequences of rows and columns that specify a sequence of records and a sequence of attributes. A key attribute is a unique identifier that corresponds to the date/time instance of entry of a selected record into the database system. The arrangement is such that a succession of records corresponds to a succession of date/time instances of entry into the database system. This arrangement facilitates selection of a range of electronic records that is outside a range of electronic records that may be subject to hardware or software malfunction or corruption, facilitates the timed periodic storage and destruction of electronic records pursuant to an archive schedule, and reduces storage fragmentation by which seek time delay is reduced.