公开(公告)号：US20120079185A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13376151

申请日：2010-06-15

申请人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Motoko Oe ,  Setsuko Masuda ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Noriko Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Motoko Oe ,  Setsuko Masuda ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Noriko Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G11B27/002 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A tape storage system according to one embodiment includes two or more tape storage apparatuses each having a buffer divided in fixed-length segments, and being connectable to a host, where a first of the tape storage apparatuses is configured to receive multiple data clusters and a synchronization request from a host, and, when one of the segments of the buffer is accumulated and filled with the data, to write the accumulated data onto a tape. A second of the tape storage apparatuses is connected to the first tape storage apparatus, the second tape storage apparatus being configured to receive the multiple data clusters sent from the host via the first tape storage apparatus, and being configured to write a predetermined number of data clusters accumulated in the segments thereof onto a second tape at a timing corresponding to the synchronization request.

摘要翻译： 根据一个实施例的磁带存储系统包括两个或更多个磁带存储设备，每个磁带存储设备具有以固定长度段划分的缓冲器，并且可连接到主机，其中第一磁带存储设备被配置为接收多个数据集群，并且 来自主机的同步请求，并且当缓冲器的一个段被累积并填充数据时，将累积的数据写入磁带。 第二磁带存储装置连接到第一磁带存储装置，第二磁带存储装置被配置为经由第一磁带存储装置接收从主机发送的多个数据集群，并且被配置为写入预定数量的数据 在对应于同步请求的定时，将其在其段中累积的群集分组到第二磁带上。

公开(公告)号：US11087797B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US13376151

申请日：2010-06-15

申请人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Motoko Oe ,  Setsuko Masuda ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Noriko Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Motoko Oe ,  Setsuko Masuda ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Noriko Yamamoto ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G11B27/00

摘要： There is provided a tape recording apparatus system capable of improving writing performance and maintaining tape recording density, for a multiple data writing request accompanied by a lot of synchronization requests from a host.
The system is a tape storage system including two or more tape drives each of which has a tape mounted thereon and is provided with a buffer divided in fixed-length segments, and connected to a host that sends multiple data and a synchronization request at a predetermined timing to these tape drives. This tape recording system is provided with: a tape drive connected to the host, receiving the multiple data sent from the host, and, when the segment of the buffer is accumulated and filled with data, writing the accumulated data onto a tape; and another tape drive connected to the tape drive, receiving the multiple data sent from the host via the tape drive, and dumping a predetermined number of data accumulated in the segments onto a tape at a timing of receiving the synchronization request.

公开(公告)号：US08810951B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US13509605

申请日：2010-08-02

申请人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Hironobu Nagura ,  Hirokazu Nakayama ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Hironobu Nagura ,  Hirokazu Nakayama ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G11B15/46 ,  G11B5/09 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G11B5/00821 ,  G11B5/09 ,  G11B15/20 ,  G11B20/10527 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： Data of a target capacity calculated by a nominal capacity of a tape medium minus a data capacity lost due to execution of backhitchless writing is written to the tape medium. In a tape drive, a command processing unit 41 receives a synchronization command, and a buffer management unit passes data in a buffer to a channel input-output unit. Upon completion of writing the data to the tape, a backhitch determination unit determines whether a mode information storage unit stores information indicating that a high data rate mode is on, whether data of a target capacity can be written to the tape, and whether the written data can be read at a target read data rate. An operation signal output unit issues a command to execute backhitch in case these conditions are not satisfied.

摘要翻译： 通过磁带介质的标称容量计算出的目标容量的数据减去由于执行无间距写入而丢失的数据容量的数据被写入磁带介质。 在磁带驱动器中，命令处理单元41接收同步命令，并且缓冲器管理单元将缓冲器中的数据传送到通道输入 - 输出单元。 在完成向磁带写入数据时，后退判定单元确定模式信息存储单元是否存储指示高数据速率模式开启的信息，目标容量的数据是否可以写入磁带，以及是否写入 可以以目标读取数据速率读取数据。 在这些条件不满足的情况下，操作信号输出单元发出执行回传的命令。

公开(公告)号：US20120293887A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-22

申请号：US13509605

申请日：2010-08-02

申请人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Hironobu Nagura ,  Hirokazu Nakayama ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Atsushi Abe ,  Takashi Katagiri ,  Hironobu Nagura ,  Hirokazu Nakayama ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G11B5/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/00821 ,  G11B5/09 ,  G11B15/20 ,  G11B20/10527 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： Data of a target capacity calculated by a nominal capacity of a tape medium minus a data capacity lost due to execution of backhitchless writing is written to the tape medium. In a tape drive, a command processing unit 41 receives a synchronization command, and a buffer management unit passes data in a buffer to a channel input-output unit. Upon completion of writing the data to the tape, a backhitch determination unit determines whether a mode information storage unit stores information indicating that a high data rate mode is on, whether data of a target capacity can be written to the tape, and whether the written data can be read at a target read data rate. An operation signal output unit issues a command to execute backhitch in case these conditions are not satisfied.

摘要翻译： 通过磁带介质的标称容量计算出的目标容量的数据减去由于执行无间距写入而丢失的数据容量的数据被写入磁带介质。 在磁带驱动器中，命令处理单元41接收同步命令，并且缓冲器管理单元将缓冲器中的数据传送到通道输入 - 输出单元。 在完成向磁带写入数据时，后退判定单元确定模式信息存储单元是否存储指示高数据速率模式开启的信息，目标容量的数据是否可以写入磁带，以及是否写入 可以以目标读取数据速率读取数据。 在这些条件不满足的情况下，操作信号输出单元发出执行回传的命令。

公开(公告)号：US08984351B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US13556750

申请日：2012-07-24

申请人： Hiroshi Itagaki ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Kazuhiro Ozeki ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Hiroshi Itagaki ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Kazuhiro Ozeki ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/07 ,  G11B20/18 ,  G11B27/36

CPC分类号： G11B20/18 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/076 ,  G06F11/079 ,  G11B20/1816 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： In a controller of a tape drive, when an error recovery section cannot recover an error detected by an error detecting section, an error-report generation section generates an error report, an error-information acquisition section acquires error information of the tape drive and a cartridge loaded in the tape drive, an error-information exchange section acquires pieces of error information of other tape drives and cartridges loaded in these other tape drives, an error-factor judging section judges whether the error is attributable to the tape drive or the cartridge based on these pieces of error information, an error-report update section updates the error report in accordance with the result of this judgment, and an error-report output section outputs the error report thus updated to a host.

摘要翻译： 在磁带驱动器的控制器中，当错误恢复部分不能恢复由错误检测部分检测到的错误时，错误报告生成部分生成错误报告，错误信息获取部分获取磁带驱动器的错误信息和 装载在磁带驱动器中的磁带盒，错误信息交换部分获取装载在这些其他磁带驱动器中的其它磁带驱动器和磁带盒的错误信息，错误因素判断部分判断磁带驱动器或磁带盒是否归因于错误 基于这些错误信息，错误报告更新部根据该判断结果来更新错误报告，并且错误报告输出部将所更新的错误报告输出到主机。

公开(公告)号：US20130031427A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-31

申请号：US13556750

申请日：2012-07-24

申请人： Hiroshi Itagaki ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Kazuhiro Ozeki ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Hiroshi Itagaki ,  Yutaka Oishi ,  Kazuhiro Ozeki ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G06F11/07

CPC分类号： G11B20/18 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/076 ,  G06F11/079 ,  G11B20/1816 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： In a controller of a tape drive, when an error recovery section cannot recover an error detected by an error detecting section, an error-report generation section generates an error report, an error-information acquisition section acquires error information of the tape drive and a cartridge loaded in the tape drive, an error-information exchange section acquires pieces of error information of other tape drives and cartridges loaded in these other tape drives, an error-factor judging section judges whether the error is attributable to the tape drive or the cartridge based on these pieces of error information, an error-report update section updates the error report in accordance with the result of this judgment, and an error-report output section outputs the error report thus updated to a host.

公开(公告)号：US08037346B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-11

申请号：US12189593

申请日：2008-08-11

申请人： Takashi Katagiri ,  Eiji Tosaka ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Takashi Katagiri ,  Eiji Tosaka ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/1201 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0682 ,  G11B20/1883 ,  G11B27/3027 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A system for processing a data read error from a tape medium in one embodiment includes a reading section for reading data in data units from a tape medium; a reading control section for controlling said reading section to read data, and on condition that if an error occurs in reading one of said data units, the data unit where the error occurs is considered an error data unit and the reading control section issues an instruction to skip the error data unit and read the next readable data unit immediately after the error data unit; a computation section for computing a number of records and a number of boundary marks included in the error data unit where said error occurs from information about the records and boundary marks included in the data unit preceding the error data unit that is read immediately before said error occurs, and information about the records and boundary marks included in the data unit next to said error data unit, the boundary marks indicating the boundary of a record block; and a communication section for outputting the number information about said computed number of records and said computed number of boundary marks.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，用于处理来自磁带介质的数据读取错误的系统包括用于从磁带介质读取数据单元的数据的读取部分; 用于控制所述读取部分读取数据的读取控制部分，并且在如果在读取所述数据单元之一中发生错误的情况下，发生错误的数据单元被认为是错误数据单元，并且读取控制部分发出指令 跳过错误数据单元并在错误数据单元之后立即读取下一个可读数据单元; 计算部分，用于计算包括在错误数据单元中的记录数量和边界标记的数量，所述错误数据单元中的所述错误发生自关于在所述错误之前立即读取的错误数据单元之前的数据单元中的记录和边界标记的信息 以及关于包含在所述错误数据单元旁边的数据单元中的记录和边界标记的信息，指示记录块的边界的边界标记; 以及通信部分，用于输出关于所述计算的记录数量和所计算的边界标记数量的数量信息。

公开(公告)号：US20080294954A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-27

申请号：US12189593

申请日：2008-08-11

申请人： Takashi Katagiri ,  Eiji Tosaka ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

发明人： Takashi Katagiri ,  Eiji Tosaka ,  Katsumi Yoshimura

IPC分类号： G01R31/28

CPC分类号： G11B20/1201 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0682 ,  G11B20/1883 ,  G11B27/3027 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： A system for processing a data read error from a tape medium in one embodiment includes a reading section for reading data in data units from a tape medium; a reading control section for controlling said reading section to read data, and on condition that if an error occurs in reading one of said data units, the data unit where the error occurs is considered an error data unit and the reading control section issues an instruction to skip the error data unit and read the next readable data unit immediately after the error data unit; a computation section for computing a number of records and a number of boundary marks included in the error data unit where said error occurs from information about the records and boundary marks included in the data unit preceding the error data unit that is read immediately before said error occurs, and information about the records and boundary marks included in the data unit next to said error data unit, the boundary marks indicating the boundary of a record block; and a communication section for outputting the number information about said computed number of records and said computed number of boundary marks.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，用于处理来自磁带介质的数据读取错误的系统包括用于从磁带介质读取数据单元的数据的读取部分; 用于控制所述读取部分读取数据的读取控制部分，并且在如果在读取所述数据单元之一中发生错误的情况下，发生错误的数据单元被认为是错误数据单元，并且读取控制部分发出指令 跳过错误数据单元并在错误数据单元之后立即读取下一个可读数据单元; 计算部分，用于计算包括在错误数据单元中的记录数量和边界标记的数量，所述错误数据单元中的所述错误发生自关于在所述错误之前立即读取的错误数据单元之前的数据单元中的记录和边界标记的信息 以及关于包含在所述错误数据单元旁边的数据单元中的记录和边界标记的信息，指示记录块的边界的边界标记; 以及通信部分，用于输出关于所述计算的记录数量和所计算的边界标记数量的数量信息。