公开(公告)号：EP1093620A4

公开(公告)日：2007-05-02

申请号：EP99932148

申请日：1999-07-01

申请人： STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP

发明人： BLENDERMANN STEPHEN H ,  SUTTON ALAN R ,  RAICER ROBERT ,  ANDERSON L MICHAEL ,  RUFF CLAYTON E ,  KEFAUVER WILLIAM G

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G11C5/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0873 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0664 ,  G06F3/0686 ,  G06F12/084 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/211 ,  G06F2212/213 ,  G06F2212/221 ,  G06F2212/224 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99957

摘要： The present invention provides a virtual automated cartridge system (ACS) (10) and data storage device management method which incorporates a temporary data buffer arrangement (32) between multiple user systems (12, 14) and conventional physical data storage devices (24, 26, 28, 30). The temporary data buffer arrangement (32) emulates a compatible physical data storage device when accessed by each of the user systems, but allows simultaneous allocation of different users to access to read and write data to the temporary data buffer. A control processor automatically transfers data stored in the temporary data buffer arrangement (32) to one of the physical data storage devices when allocation to a user has ended.