公开(公告)号：US07177108B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-13

申请号：US10858911

申请日：2004-06-01

Applicant: Mark A. Payne ,  Dwayne A. Edling ,  Douglas F. Barbian ,  Theron S. White

Inventor： Mark A. Payne ,  Dwayne A. Edling ,  Douglas F. Barbian ,  Theron S. White

IPC: G11B19/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/0682 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0664

Abstract: A system and method of operating a storage system is provided. The storage system includes a tape drive for reading and writing data to a magnetic tape medium of a tape storage media device, and an auxiliary memory emulator for receiving I/O commands to perform I/O operations on an auxiliary memory and for rerouting the commands to perform the I/O operations on the magnetic tape medium of the tape storage media device. The method includes receiving I/O commands to perform I/O operations on an auxiliary memory on a tape storage media device, wherein the tape storage media device includes a magnetic tape medium and does not include the auxiliary memory, and routing the I/O commands to the magnetic tape medium provided in the tape storage media device.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种操作存储系统的系统和方法。 存储系统包括用于将数据读取和写入到磁带存储介质设备的磁带介质的磁带驱动器，以及用于接收I / O命令以在辅助存储器上执行I / O操作并用于重新路由命令的辅助存储器模拟器 以在磁带存储介质设备的磁带介质上执行I / O操作。 该方法包括接收I / O命令以在磁带存储介质设备上的辅助存储器上执行I / O操作，其中磁带存储介质设备包括磁带介质并且不包括辅助存储器，并且将I / O路由 命令到设置在磁带存储媒体设备中的磁带介质。