摘要:
A data processing system including an automated storage library (1) for which the management thereof is transparent to a requester is disclosed. A system controller in the library provides the internal management of the library. To access a file in the library, a requester need only specify to the system controller the volume on which the file is located, permitting the use of a standard file access method for a single peripheral storage device. A path format which is the same as that used for a single, peripheral storage device, except that the peripheral storage device designator is replaced with a designator (35) for the automated storage library (1) and a volume label (36) is inserted as a subdirectory path element. The system controller determines, independently of the data processing system, which peripheral storage device a data storage medium is to be mounted in.
摘要:
The hit ratio in an automated storage library 1 is maximised by tracking the frequency of usage of each file and rewriteable storage medium 3 therein. For each file therein, the library 1 counts the number of times such files are accessed. For each storage medium 3 therein, the library 1 counts the number of mounts thereof. Periodically, the usage statistics are reviewed to determine the most frequently used files and storage media 3 in the library 1. The most frequently used files are then transferred to the most frequently used storage media, which then become still more frequently used. The less frequently used files are transferred to the less frequently used storage media, which become still less frequently used. By definition, the most frequently used storage media are the most likely to be mounted, thereby increasing the hit ratio.
摘要:
A data processing system including an automated storage library (1) for which the management thereof is transparent to a requester is disclosed. A system controller in the library provides the internal management of the library. To access a file in the library, a requester need only specify to the system controller the volume on which the file is located, permitting the use of a standard file access method for a single peripheral storage device. A path format which is the same as that used for a single, peripheral storage device, except that the peripheral storage device designator is replaced with a designator (35) for the automated storage library (1) and a volume label (36) is inserted as a subdirectory path element. The system controller determines, independently of the data processing system, which peripheral storage device a data storage medium is to be mounted in.