Data management for a networked multimedia console

A system and method provides for managing data accessible by multimedia consoles that execute a multimedia application. The system includes a database that stores data for the multimedia consoles. The system also includes a storage manager that communicates between the multimedia consoles and the database. The system further includes a storage configuration database that stores access permission information for the database. In determining whether to grant the request, the system uses the access permission information from the storage configuration database. This abstraction of access permission information from the databases themselves to the storage configuration database may provide flexibility in managing the databases.