公开(公告)号：US5740061A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-14

申请号：US864181

申请日：1997-05-28

申请人： Douglas William Dewey ,  Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  Barbara Ann McNaughton ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Douglas William Dewey ,  Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  Barbara Ann McNaughton ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G11B15/68 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06G7/48

CPC分类号： G11B27/002 ,  G11B15/6835 ,  G11B17/225 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/41

摘要： A system for optimizing the position and use of cartridges of machine-readable data storage media in an automated super library. The invention is implemented in a super library that includes a main library bin with a plurality of cartridge slots, a picker, and multiple small libraries, where each small library has a small library bin with multiple slots, a picker, and at least one data drive. Mount queue times are estimated for each small library, and a main library picker is selectively operated to transfer cartridges between the small libraries based on the estimated mount queue times. This provides expedited access of the cartridges at the small libraries. The host processor maintains requests for such inter-library transfers in a main picker queue, for processing by the main picker. When each small library has a non-empty mount queue, the main picker processes small libraries' cartridge transfer requests by efficiently distributing cartridges along the small libraries. In addition to these demand-based transfer requests, the main picker regularly performs load-leveling between the small libraries and the main library bin, to ensure that the higher demand cartridges are stored in the small library bins rather than the main library bin. The invention also contemplates one or more priority slots in each small library, to store cartridges designated for high priority use.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在自动化超级库中优化机器可读数据存储介质的墨盒的位置和使用的系统。 本发明在包括具有多个盒槽的主库箱，拾取器和多个小库的超库中实现，其中每个小库具有具有多个槽的小库箱，拾取器和至少一个数据 驾驶。 估计每个小型库的挂载队列时间，并且选择性地操作主库选择器以根据估计的安装队列时间在小型库之间传送墨盒。 这样可以快速访问小型图书馆的墨盒。 主处理器在主选择器队列中维护对这种库间传输的请求，以供主选择器进行处理。 当每个小型库具有非空的挂载队列时，主选择器通过沿着小型库高效地分发盒式磁盘来处理小型磁带库的传输请求。 除了这些基于需求的传输请求之外，主选择器还定期在小型库和主库之间进行负载均衡，以确保较高需求的盒式磁带存储在小型库中而不是主库中。 本发明还考虑了每个小图书馆中的一个或多个优先时隙，以存储指定用于高优先级使用的盒。

公开(公告)号：US06839802B2

公开(公告)日：2005-01-04

申请号：US09732639

申请日：2000-12-08

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G11B5/012 ,  G11B20/12

CPC分类号： G11B20/1217 ,  G11B5/012 ,  G11B2020/1241 ,  G11B2020/1295 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Disclosed is a system, method, and program for writing data to a storage medium formatted into a plurality of zones. Each zone comprises at least one circumferential track, each track comprises a plurality of addressable sectors, and the innermost zones have fewer sectors than outermost zones. A request is received to write a file to the storage medium. A determination is made of a utilization factor for the file and one zone for the file based on the determined utilization factor. The file is written to the determined zone.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于将数据写入格式化成多个区域的存储介质的系统，方法和程序。 每个区域包括至少一个圆周轨道，每个轨道包括多个可寻址扇区，并且最内区域具有比最外区域更少的扇区。 接收到向存储介质写入文件的请求。 基于所确定的利用率，确定文件的利用率和文件的一个区域。 该文件被写入确定的区域。

公开(公告)号：US07162329B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-09

申请号：US09757971

申请日：2001-01-10

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G11B17/225

摘要： Applicants' automated data storage system includes a first media storage library having a first rail system, a garage having a movable rail system, said garage being disposed adjacent the media storage library, and a plurality of accessors movably disposed on either the first rail system or the movable rail system. In another embodiment, Applicants' automated data storage system further includes a second media storage library, having a second rail system, disposed adjacent the garage, such that the plurality of accessors is movably disposed on the first rail system, the second rail system, or the movable rail system. Applicants' invention further includes a method to move an accessor from the first media storage library into the garage, or from the first media storage library, through the garage, and into the second media storage library. Applicants' invention further includes a method to balance the workload of a plurality of data drives disposed within Applicants' automated data storage system.

摘要翻译： 申请人的自动数据存储系统包括具有第一轨道系统的第一媒体存储库，具有可移动轨道系统的车库，所述车库邻近媒体存储库设置，以及可移动地设置在第一轨道系统或 活动导轨系统。 在另一个实施例中，申请人的自动数据存储系统还包括第二介质存储库，其具有邻近车库设置的第二轨道系统，使得多个存取器可移动地设置在第一轨道系统，第二轨道系统或 活动导轨系统。 申请人的发明还包括一种将访问者从第一媒体存储库移动到车库或从第一媒体存储库通过车库移动到第二媒体存储库中的方法。 申请人的发明还包括一种平衡安排在申请人的自动数据存储系统内的多个数据驱动器的工作量的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06602039B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-05

申请号：US09716679

申请日：2000-11-20

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： B65G100

CPC分类号： G11B17/225 ,  G11B15/6835

摘要： Applicants' invention includes an automated data storage system which includes one or more data storage libraries each of which includes one or a plurality of accessors which retrieve data storage media from a plurality of storage slots and deliver that retrieved data storage media to a data storage drive unit, where each of the plurality of accessors includes one or more attachment slots and a plurality of retractable wheels, and a maintenance robot which includes a plurality of wheels and an attachment device which is capable of insertion into, and subsequent removal from, the attachment slot(s) located on each of the accessors. Applicants' invention further includes a method utilizing Applicants' maintenance robot to remove one of Applicants' accessors from a data storage library.

摘要翻译： 申请人的发明包括自动数据存储系统，其包括一个或多个数据存储库，每个数据存储库包括一个或多个访问器，其从多个存储槽中检索数据存储介质，并将检索到的数据存储介质传送到数据存储驱动器 单元，其中所述多个访问器中的每一个包括一个或多个附接槽和多个可缩回的车轮，以及包括多个车轮的维护机器人和能够插入到所述附件中并随后从所述附件移除的附接装置 插槽位于每个访问器上。 申请人的发明还包括利用申请人的维护机器人从数据存储库中移除申请人的访问者之一的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06513074B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-28

申请号：US09478833

申请日：2000-01-06

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： G06F3/0613 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0686

摘要： An intelligent bus listening device, and a method which may be implemented as a computer program product, listens to SCSI commands on a first SCSI bus of a SCSI system via a listening connection to the first SCSI bus. The listening device is separately coupled via an interface to a second bus for communicating commands onto the second bus. A processor is coupled to the listening connection and to the second bus interface, the processor receiving the first commands from the first SCSI bus, converting the first commands to second commands related to the first commands, and providing the second commands to the second bus interface. In a SCSI library that accesses media from storage shelves with an autochanger in response to access commands from hosts, the intelligent bus listening device decouples the first SCSI bus from the autochanger, listens to commands on the first SCSI bus, and converts the access commands to a more efficient set of movement commands, and supplies the movement commands on a separate second bus for the autochanger.

摘要翻译： 智能总线监听装置以及可被实现为计算机程序产品的方法通过与第一SCSI总线的侦听连接在SCSI系统的第一SCSI总线上侦听SCSI命令。 听音装置经由接口单独耦合到第二总线，用于将命令传送到第二总线上。 处理器耦合到侦听连接和第二总线接口，处理器从第一SCSI总线接收第一命令，将第一命令转换成与第一命令相关的第二命令，并将第二命令提供给第二总线接口 。 在SCSI库中，通过响应来自主机的访问命令的自动转换器访问来自存储架的媒体，智能总线监听设备将第一个SCSI总线与自动转换器分离，侦听第一个SCSI总线上的命令，并将访问命令转换为 更有效的运动命令集，并且在用于自动转换器的单独的第二总线上提供运动命令。

公开(公告)号：US5956301A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-21

申请号：US47334

申请日：1998-03-25

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G11B15/68 ,  G11B17/22 ,  G11B27/00 ,  B07C17/00

CPC分类号： G11B17/22 ,  G11B15/6835 ,  G11B27/002 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  G11B2220/90

摘要： Disclosed are an automated data storage library having a plurality of pickers with multiple grippers and a method for operating the library to respond to received input commands which require an exchange of media at a point of exchange (e.g., at a storage slot or read/write station), by first determining whether the source and destination locations for the media to be exchanged are on opposite sides of the point of exchange. Next, if the source and destination locations for the media to be exchanged are on opposite sides of the point of exchange, the exchange is decomposed into separate moves, and each of the separate moves is assigned to a different one of the pickers. The assignment may additionally comprise ordering the sequence of the separate moves so that the fetch of a medium from the point of exchange precedes the delivery of another medium to the point of exchange, and the picker selected to fetch the medium from the point of exchange is the picker having an available gripper which is closest to the destination location.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有多个具有多个夹具的拾取器的自动数据存储库，以及用于操作库以响应所需输入命令的方法，所述输入命令需要在交换点进行交换（例如，在存储槽或读/写 站），首先确定要交换的媒体的源和目的地位置是否在交换点的相对侧。 接下来，如果要交换的媒体的源和目的地位置在交换点的相对侧上，则交换被分解成单独的移动，并且每个单独的移动被分配给不同的选择器。 该分配可以另外包括排序单独移动的顺序，使得从交换点获得的介质在将另一介质递送到交换点之前，并且从交换点获取介质的选择器是 拾取器具有最靠近目的地位置的可用夹具。

公开(公告)号：US6038490A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-14

申请号：US15272

申请日：1998-01-29

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  Frank David Gallo ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Jesse Lee Thrall ,  Daniel James Winarski

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  Frank David Gallo ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means ,  Jesse Lee Thrall ,  Daniel James Winarski

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G11B15/68

CPC分类号： G11B15/6835

摘要： Disclosed are an automated data storage library and a method for operating the library. The library includes two pickers arranged on a common guideway; a plurality of media storage slots arranged in a plurality of regions alongside the guideway; a plurality of read/write stations arranged in regions alongside the guideway. Commands are received for jobs to move media amongst the storage slots and the read/write stations, and a controller queues the received commands and allocates the queued commands to the pickers and in an order of jobs which will allow the pickers to independently access and move the media so as to avoid interference in the same region, or in regions which are behind the other picker. The media storage slots may be arranged in row sets and regions alongside the guideway, each row set including one or more storage slots and each region including one or more columns, with the regions narrower than the pickers. The controller queues the received commands and allocates the queued commands to the pickers and in an order of jobs so as to allow the pickers to independently access and move the media to avoid interference in the same row set in adjacent regions, in the same region, or in regions which are behind the other picker.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种自动化数据存储库和用于操作库的方法。 图书馆包括安置在公共导轨上的两个选择器; 布置在所述导轨旁边的多个区域中的多个媒体存储槽; 布置在导轨旁边的区域中的多个读/写站。 接收到用于在存储槽和读/写站之间移动介质的作业的命令，并且控制器对接收到的命令进行排队并将排队的命令分配给拾取器，并且以作业顺序允许拾取器独立地访问和移动 媒体，以避免在同一地区或在另一个选择器后面的区域中的干扰。 介质存储槽可以沿导轨布置成行集合和区域，每行集合包括一个或多个存储槽，并且每个区域包括一个或多个列，区域比采样器窄。 控制器对接收到的命令进行排队，并将排队的命令分配给选择器并按作业顺序，以允许选择器独立地访问和移动介质，以避免在相同区域中在相邻区域中的相同行集中的干扰， 或在另一个选择器后面的区域。

公开(公告)号：US06785588B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-31

申请号：US10091668

申请日：2002-03-05

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G11B17/225 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G11B15/6835 ,  G11B15/689 ,  G11B17/228

摘要： An accessor moveably disposed in a data storage and retrieval system, where that accessor includes an accessor controller, a work queue stored in the accessor controller, and an inventory stored in the accessor controller. Applicants' work queue comprises each work request provided to the data storage and retrieval system, and each work entry created by the accessor controller to perform a work request. Work requests may be received from attached host computer systems, from an operator input station, and/or from an import/export controller. A data storage and retrieval system which includes at least two of Applicant's accessors. A method to provide failover protection to Applicant's data storage and retrieval system in the event of a failure of one or more of Applicant's accessors.

摘要翻译： 可移动地设置在数据存储和检索系统中的访问器，其中该访问器包括存取器控制器，存储在存取器控制器中的工作队列以及存储在存取器控制器中的库存。 申请人的工作队列包括提供给数据存储和检索系统的每个工作请求以及由访问者控制器创建的每个工作条目以执行工作请求。 工作请求可以从连接的主机计算机系统，操作者输入站和/或从导入/导出控制器接收。 包括申请人的访问者中的至少两个的数据存储和检索系统。 在申请人的一个或多个访问者发生故障的情况下，向申请人的数据存储和检索系统提供故障切换保护的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06421579B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-16

申请号：US09435023

申请日：1999-11-05

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G11B15/689 ,  G11B17/225 ,  G11B17/228

摘要： Multiple intelligent pickers for an automated data storage library, the library having a library controller which identifies the start and end locations of the received move jobs, and places the move jobs in a job queue. The picker processor receives information over a communication link from other pickers describing movement information for the current move job of each of the other pickers. Upon completion of a move job, the picker communicates with the library controller, selecting a move job which avoids interference with the movement of the other pickers. The movement for the selected move job is determined so as to avoid interference with the stored movement profiles of the other pickers. A movement profile may be communicated to the other pickers over the communication link, and the move job is conducted according to the movement profile. Alternatively, movement information comprising the current location and vector are communicated.

公开(公告)号：US06351685B1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-26

申请号：US09434396

申请日：1999-11-05

申请人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

发明人： Kamal Emile Dimitri ,  John Edward Kulakowski ,  Rodney Jerome Means

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G11B15/689 ,  G11B17/228 ,  G11B27/002 ,  G11B2220/41

摘要： A wireless communication link provides picker to picker communication between multiple intelligent pickers for an automated data storage library, and provides central communication between at least one of the pickers with a central job queue. Each intelligent picker comprises a processor located thereon for operating the picker to conduct a move job and providing movement information describing movement of the picker for the current move job of the picker. The wireless communication link comprises a wireless central communication link between at least one of the pickers and a central job queue for communicating a move job to the picker processor from the central job queue, and a wireless picker to picker communication link for communicating between the pickers, each linked picker transmitting the movement information over the wireless picker to picker communication link.

摘要翻译： 无线通信链路提供选择器以用于自动数据存储库的多个智能选择器之间的选择器通信，并且在至少一个选择器与中央作业队列之间提供中央通信。 每个智能拾取器包括位于其上的处理器，用于操作拾取器以进行移动作业并提供描述拾取器当前移动作业的拾取器的运动的运动信息。 无线通信链路包括在至少一个选择器和用于从中央作业队列将移动作业传送到选择器处理器的中央作业队列之间的无线中心通信链路，以及用于在选择器之间进行通信的无线选择器通信链路 每个链接的选择器通过无线选择器将移动信息发送到选择器通信链路。