Methods and systems for providing predictive maintenance, preventative maintenance, and/or failure isolation in a tape storage subsystem
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for providing predictive maintenance, preventative maintenance, and/or failure isolation in a tape storage subsystem 有权
    用于在磁带存储子系统中提供预防性维护,预防性维护和/或故障隔离的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07277246B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-02

    申请号:US10892948

    申请日:2004-07-16

    IPC分类号: G11B19/02

    摘要: A system and method of operating a storage system is provided. The storage system includes a tape cartridge having a magnetic tape medium and a tape drive for reading and writing data to the magnetic tape medium of the tape cartridge. Performance data associated with specific operating loci (e.g., bands, directions, tracks, segments, etc.) of the tape drive and tape medium are collected, analyzed, and stored, allowing for analysis and detection of trends over time. In one example, tape usage events are monitored and when they cross a threshold the system may remove particular tapes in a preventative maintenance approach to reduce system outage. Performance data is collected and analyzed with a portion of the performance data being saved to emulated medium auxiliary memory (EMAM) on the magnetic tape, and a portion of the of the performance data saved in non-volatile storage in the drive.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种操作存储系统的系统和方法。 存储系统包括具有磁带介质的带盒和用于向磁带盒的磁带介质读取和写入数据的磁带驱动器。 收集,分析和存储与磁带驱动器和磁带介质的特定操作轨迹(例如,频带,方向,轨道,段等)相关联的性能数据,以便随着时间的推移分析和检测趋势。 在一个示例中,磁带使用事件被监控,并且当它们跨越阈值时,系统可以以预防性维护方法去除特定磁带以减少系统中断。 收集和分析性能数据,其中一部分性能数据被保存到磁带上的仿真介质辅助存储器(EMAM),并且一部分性能数据保存在驱动器中的非易失性存储器中。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION REQUEST RESPONSE
    3.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION REQUEST RESPONSE 有权
    用于有效同步请求响应的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100241770A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-23

    申请号:US12407833

    申请日:2009-03-20

    IPC分类号: G06F12/00 G06F3/00

    摘要: A data writing apparatus includes a tape drive, a buffer and non-volatile memory. When a synchronization request is received from a device sending data to be written to a tape, the apparatus is operable to copy data corresponding to the synchronization request from the buffer to the non-volatile memory. The data may be stored in the non-volatile memory until at least the time when the data which it is a copy of is written to the tape from the buffer.

    摘要翻译: 数据写入装置包括磁带驱动器,缓冲器和非易失性存储器。 当从发送要写入磁带的数据的设备接收到同步请求时,该装置可操作以将与该同步请求相对应的数据从缓冲器复制到非易失性存储器。 数据可以存储在非易失性存储器中,直到至少是从缓冲器将其作为副本的数据写入磁带的时间。