公开(公告)号：US08089727B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US12619970

申请日：2009-11-17

申请人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  James William Johnson ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  James William Johnson ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G11B23/02 ,  G11B5/02

CPC分类号： G11B23/107 ,  G11B23/042 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B2220/655 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A data storage cartridge comprises data storage media configured to store data for read and/or write access, wherein the data may be arranged in a plurality of partitions; and a plurality of cartridge memories. A control system, for example of a data storage drive, is configured to allocate at least portions of capacity of the data storage media to cartridge memories of the data storage cartridge; and to provide information defining the allocated portions of capacity to the cartridge memories. Each of the cartridge memories may have a separate user and thus provide access for that user to separate partitions.

摘要翻译： 数据存储盒包括被配置为存储用于读取和/或写入访问的数据的数据存储介质，其中数据可以被布置在多个分区中; 和多个盒存储器。 诸如数据存储驱动器的控制系统被配置为将数据存储介质的容量的至少一部分分配给数据存储盒的盒存储器; 并且向盒式存储器提供将所分配的容量部分定义的信息。 每个盒式存储器可以具有单独的用户，并且因此为该用户提供访问以分离分区。

公开(公告)号：US08055971B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US11696072

申请日：2007-04-03

申请人： Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Henry Zheng Liu ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Henry Zheng Liu ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： H03M13/00

CPC分类号： H03M5/16 ,  G11B20/10055 ,  G11B20/1426 ,  G11B2220/2537

摘要： An apparatus and method are disclosed to encode binary data into trinary data. Applicants' method provides binary data, and encodes that binary data into trinary data. By “binary data,” Applicants mean a plurality of bits, wherein each of those bits comprises a value selected from the group consisting of a first value and a second value. By “trinary data,” Applicants mean a plurality of bits, wherein each of those bits comprises a value selected from the group consisting of a first value, a second value, and a third value. The trinary data may be stored in ROM optical disks, nano-sized indentations in a thin-film, or multi-level magnetic storage. The trinary data may be also transmitted via three light levels in an optical communications network.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种将二进制数据编码成三进制数据的装置和方法。 申请人的方法提供二进制数据，并将该二进制数据编码为三进制数据。 通过“二进制数据”，申请人表示多个位，其中这些位中的每一个包括从由第一值和第二值组成的组中选择的值。 通过“三进制数据”，申请人意指多个位，其中这些位中的每一个包括从由第一值，第二值和第三值组成的组中选择的值。 三维数据可以存储在ROM光盘中，薄膜中的纳米尺寸的凹陷或多级磁存储中。 也可以在光通信网络中经由三个光级传送三进制数据。

公开(公告)号：US08055891B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US12249188

申请日：2008-10-10

申请人： Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04L67/34 ,  G06F11/1417

摘要： A method is disclosed for configuring a data storage device. A storage module stores configuration data on a remote storage system that may include operating systems, applications, updates, and an index. A boot module boots a computer system from a program other than the regular boot program to provide access to a network in communication with the remote storage system. A device configuration module autonomically downloads and installs the operating systems, applications, and updates in response to data stored in an index on the remote storage system.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于配置数据存储设备的方法。 存储模块将配置数据存储在可以包括操作系统，应用，更新和索引的远程存储系统上。 引导模块从除常规引导程序之外的程序引导计算机系统以提供对与远程存储系统通信的网络的访问。 设备配置模块根据存储在远程存储系统上的索引中的数据自动下载和安装操作系统，应用程序和更新。

公开(公告)号：US08009539B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-30

申请号：US12194200

申请日：2008-08-19

申请人： Nils Haustein ,  Stefan Neff ,  Ulf Troppens

发明人： Nils Haustein ,  Stefan Neff ,  Ulf Troppens

IPC分类号： G11B20/18

CPC分类号： G11B27/36 ,  G11B20/1816 ,  G11B2020/1826 ,  G11B2220/2537 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A method and infrastructure are provided for monitoring and analyzing the storage media quality and the drive hardware performance of a media library. The media library comprises a plurality of removable storage media, a plurality of drive units for said storage media and means for moving said storage media to and from appropriate drive units. The media library is managed by a management system being connected to said media library. At least one reference medium of a known and proven quality to compare the performance of at least one of said storage media in a given drive unit with the performance of said reference medium in said given drive unit and/or to test the performance of at least one given drive unit of said media library when acting on said reference medium.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法和基础设施，用于监视和分析媒体库的存储媒体质量和驱动器硬件性能。 媒体库包括多个可移动存储介质，用于所述存储介质的多个驱动单元和用于将所述存储介质移动到适当的驱动单元和从适当的驱动单元移动的装置。 媒体库由连接到所述媒体库的管理系统管理。 具有已知且被证实的质量的至少一个参考介质，以将给定驱动单元中的至少一个所述存储介质的性能与所述给定驱动单元中的所述参考介质的性能进行比较和/或至少测试至少 当作用在所述参考介质上时，所述媒体库的一个给定驱动单元。

公开(公告)号：US07885147B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-08

申请号：US12784444

申请日：2010-05-20

申请人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G11B21/08

CPC分类号： G11C7/005 ,  G11B20/1258 ,  G11B2020/1242 ,  G11B2220/2504 ,  G11C13/042

摘要： A method to provide data storage services using one or more holographic data storage media disposed in a holographic data storage system operated by a data storage services provider, wherein the holographic data storage system comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a plurality of holographic data storage media, wherein the method receives information provided by the data storage services customer, allocates a first holographic data storage medium for exclusive storage of information provided by the data storage services customer, defines an outer storage portion of the first allocated holographic data storage medium, and stores the information as one or more holograms encoded in the outer storage portion of the first holographic data storage medium.

摘要翻译： 一种使用设置在由数据存储服务提供商操作的全息数据存储系统中的一个或多个全息数据存储介质来提供数据存储服务的方法，其中所述全息数据存储系统包括光源，空间光调制器和多个 全息数据存储介质，其中该方法接收由数据存储服务客户提供的信息，分配第一全息数据存储介质，用于专门存储由数据存储服务客户提供的信息，定义第一分配的全息数据存储器的外部存储部分 并且将该信息存储为编码在第一全息数据存储介质的外部存储部分中的一个或多个全息图。

公开(公告)号：US07859971B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-28

申请号：US11771179

申请日：2007-06-29

申请人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G11B7/0065

CPC分类号： G11B7/0065 ,  G11B7/00772 ,  G11B7/00781 ,  G11B20/10009 ,  G11B20/10287 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/329 ,  G11B2220/2504

摘要： A method writes at least a group of holograms in a predetermined pattern in the holographic storage medium, and writes a directory hologram which relates to the holograms of the group to form an anchor location of the predetermined pattern. Further, a directory comprising the directory hologram is stored in a memory, and a read operation of at least one hologram of a group is initiated with an access for the directory hologram of the group at the anchor location; reading the accessed hologram, employing a matched filter to cross-correlate the read accessed hologram with an ideal version of the directory hologram derived from the directory stored in the memory; and determining whether the read accessed hologram is the directory hologram of the group.

摘要翻译： 一种方法以全息存储介质中的预定图案写入至少一组全息图，并且写入与组的全息图相关的目录全息图以形成预定图案的锚定位置。 此外，包括目录全息图的目录被存储在存储器中，并且通过在锚定位置处的组的目录全息图的访问来启动组的至少一个全息图的读取操作; 读取所访问的全息图，使用匹配滤波器将读取的全息图与从存储在存储器中的目录导出的目录全息图的理想版本进行交叉相关; 并且确定读取的访问全息图是否是该组的目录全息图。

公开(公告)号：US20100250698A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12413884

申请日：2009-03-30

申请人： Nils Haustein ,  Leonard George Jesionowski ,  Wolfgang Muelller-Friedt ,  Ulf Troppens

发明人： Nils Haustein ,  Leonard George Jesionowski ,  Wolfgang Muelller-Friedt ,  Ulf Troppens

IPC分类号： G06F15/167

CPC分类号： G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0608 ,  G06F3/0686

摘要： A method and system for automatically sharing a tape drive in a heterogeneous computing environment that includes a first computer and second computer. The first computer receives a message that includes a shared tape drive identifier, a source port identifier of the second computer, and a reservation status change for the tape drive. Based on the tape drive identifier, the first computer determines that the tape drive is connected to the first computer. The source port identifier is determined to not identify any host bus adapter installed in the first computer. In response to the first computer determining that the reservation status change indicates a reservation or a release of the tape drive for the second computer, the first computer sets the tape drive offline or online, respectively, in an application executing in the first computer.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在包括第一计算机和第二计算机的异构计算环境中自动共享磁带驱动器的方法和系统。 第一台计算机接收包含共享磁带驱动器标识符，第二台计算机的源端口标识符和磁带驱动器的预留状态更改的消息。 基于磁带驱动器标识符，第一计算机确定磁带机连接到第一台计算机。 源端口标识符被确定为不标识安装在第一计算机中的任何主机总线适配器。 响应于第一计算机确定预约状态改变指示第二计算机的磁带驱动器的预约或释放，第一计算机分别在第一计算机中执行的应用程序中将磁带驱动器脱机或联机。

公开(公告)号：US07743198B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-22

申请号：US12066247

申请日：2006-07-13

申请人： Nils Haustein ,  Wolfgang Mueller ,  Ulf Troppens

发明人： Nils Haustein ,  Wolfgang Mueller ,  Ulf Troppens

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F2003/0697 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1021

摘要： A load balancing method and system for identifying an input/output (I/O) network path from a set off I/O network paths is provided by the invention. The set off I/O network paths connect a host system via a network to a storage subsystem. The host system comprises at least one host bus adapter (HBA) and the storage subsystem comprises at least one I/O device and the network comprises at least one network device. Each of the HBA, the I/O device and the network device comprise at least one I/O port. For each I/O port of each HBA, an HBA port limit is determined. Additionally the set of I/O network paths which connect the I/O port of each of the HBA via the I/O ports of the network device to the I/O port of the I/O device is identified. Then a fabric utilization limit is determined for each I/O network path and a HBA port utilization is determined for each I/O port of the at least one HBA. All network paths are discarded for which the HBA port utilization is greater than the HBA port limit. For each of the remaining paths a network path distance is determined. All I/O network paths for which the network path distance is greater than the path distance limit are discarded. Then for each of the remaining paths a fabric utilization is determined. All I/O network paths for which the fabric utilization is greater than the fabric utilization limit are discarded and the I/O network path is determined from the remaining network paths.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于从设置的I / O网络路径识别输入/输出（I / O）网络路径的负载平衡方法和系统。 脱机I / O网络路径将主机系统通过网络连接到存储子系统。 所述主机系统包括至少一个主机总线适配器（HBA），并且所述存储子系统包括至少一个I / O设备，并且所述网络包括至少一个网络设备。 HBA，I / O设备和网络设备中的每一个包括至少一个I / O端口。 对于每个HBA的每个I / O端口，确定HBA端口限制。 另外，识别通过网络设备的I / O端口将每个HBA的I / O端口连接到I / O设备的I / O端口的一组I / O网络路径。 然后针对每个I / O网络路径确定结构使用限制，并确定至少一个HBA的每个I / O端口的HBA端口利用率。 丢弃所有网络路径，HBA端口利用率大于HBA端口限制。 对于每个剩余路径，确定网络路径距离。 网络路径距离大于路径距离限制的所有I / O网络路径都将被丢弃。 然后对于每个剩余路径，确定织物利用率。 架构利用率大于架构使用限制的所有I / O网络路径被丢弃，并且从剩余的网络路径确定I / O网络路径。

公开(公告)号：US07730260B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-01

申请号：US11738200

申请日：2007-04-20

申请人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F12/02 ,  G03H1/00

CPC分类号： G11B7/0065 ,  G11B20/1217 ,  G11B2020/1232 ,  G11B2220/2504

摘要： Data hologram recycling systems, methods and computer program products are configured to arrange data for storage in the intermediate data storage as data segments which are replicas of holographic storage segments for destaging to the holographic data storage, and to determine retrieval for recycling of the destaged holographic storage segments to which aggregated requests for deletion are directed. The retrieval determination may be based on a plurality of policies.

摘要翻译： 数据全息图回收系统，方法和计算机程序产品被配置为将用于存储在中间数据存储器中的数据排列为数据段，该数据段是全息存储段的复制品，用于退化到全息数据存储器，并且确定用于再循环去除全息图 汇总的删除请求所针对的存储段。 检索确定可以基于多个策略。

公开(公告)号：US07721186B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-18

申请号：US11380721

申请日：2006-04-28

申请人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Henry Zheng Liu ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Allen Keith Bates ,  Nils Haustein ,  Craig Anthony Klein ,  Henry Zheng Liu ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： H03M13/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/1803 ,  G11B2020/1836 ,  G11B2020/1859 ,  G11B2220/235 ,  H03M13/1515 ,  H03M13/39

摘要： To improve reliability for multi-layer media, a data stream U is received for recording to a multi-layer rotating storage medium, the data stream U comprising a sequence of data bits. Each data bit U(J) is encoded into X representation bits. A first representation bit B(1,J) is recorded onto a first layer of the storage media, the second representation bit B(2,J) is recorded onto a second layer of the storage media, etc. When a request to read the recorded data U from the storage media is subsequently received, a plurality of the X representation bits are read back from the storage media and are decoded into the original data bit U(J). One embodiment employs a convolution encoding algorithm and PRML decoding algorithm. Another embodiment employs Reed Solomon encoding/decoding.

摘要翻译： 为了提高多层媒体的可靠性，接收数据流U以便记录到多层旋转存储介质中，数据流U包括一系列数据位。 每个数据位U（J）被编码为X表示位。 第一表示位B（1，J）被记录在存储介质的第一层上，第二表示位B（2，J）被记录在存储介质的第二层上等。当请求读取 随后接收来自存储介质的记录数据U，从存储介质读回多个X表示位，并将其解码为原始数据位U（J）。 一个实施例采用卷积编码算法和PRML解码算法。 另一个实施例采用Reed Solomon编码/解码。