摘要:
Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store having a plurality of chunk sections, each operable to store specimen data chunks, the apparatus being operable to: process an input data set into one or more input data chunks; identify a specimen data chunk in one of said chunk sections which corresponds to a first input data chunk; identify a second input data chunk not corresponding to a specimen data chunk in the chunk store; and store the second input data chunk as a specimen data chunk in proximity to the identified specimen data chunk corresponding to the first input data chunk.
摘要:
Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store containing specimen data chunks 6, a manifest store containing at least one manifest that represents at least a part of a data set and is divided into manifest segments, each comprising at least one reference to at least one of said specimen data chunks, the data processing apparatus being operable to: process input data into input data segments, each comprising one or more input data chunks: and identify at least one of said manifest segments having at least one said reference to a said specimen data chunk corresponding to an input data chunk of at least one of the input data segments.
摘要:
An apparatus, for connection to a storage device, comprising: a module for communication with a software application and operable to receive instructions to copy data to the storage device; a chunking and identifier generation module operable to receive the data, to process the data into one or more chunks, to generate a first chunk identifier, representative of the identity of a first of the or each chunk of data and, upon processing of the data, to initiate the issuance of a confirmation signal to the software application indicating that the data has been copied to the storage device; and an interface for communication with the storage device, wherein the interface is operable to send the first chunk identifier to the storage device, and to send the first chunk of data to the storage device upon receipt of a transfer instruction from the storage device.
摘要:
Example implementations relate to storing manifest portions in a metadata cache. An example includes receiving, by a storage controller, a read request associated with a first data unit. In response to receiving the read request, the storage controller stores a manifest portion in a metadata cache, the stored manifest portion comprising a plurality of records, the plurality of records including a first record associated with the first data unit. The storage controller determines storage information of the first data unit using pointer information included in the first record of the stored manifest portion, and replaces the pointer information in the first record with the determined storage information of the first data unit.
摘要:
A method for providing data storage capacity on demand comprises disabling a set of slot elements and data transfer elements of a data library disallowing access to the disabled set by end users of the library, partitioning at least a portion of a set of active data media storage slot elements and active data transfer elements of the data library, exclusive of the disabled set, into partitions for use by the end users; and redefining the sets in response to changes in storage capacity rights of the end users.
摘要:
Chunks are stored in a container of a data store, where the chunks are produced by dividing input data as part of a deduplication process. In response to determining that the size of the container has reached a predefined size threshold, at least one of the chunks in the container is moved to another container.
摘要:
Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store containing specimen data chunks, a manifest store containing a plurality of manifests, each of which represents at least a part of a data set and each of which comprises at least one reference to at least one of said specimen data chunks, a sparse chunk index containing information on only some specimen data chunks, the processor being operable to: process input data into input data chunks; identify manifests having at least one reference to one of said specimen data chunks that corresponds to one of said input data chunks and on which there is information contained in the sparse chunk index; and prioritize the identified manifests for subsequent operation.
摘要:
A data library system with managed device access comprises at least one partition, a plurality of data transfer elements each of the data transfer elements assigned to a partition, a plurality of data storage element slots, each of the slots assigned to a partition, a library controller comprising a virtual controller for each partition, the virtual controller directing movement of the media to and from the slots assigned to a same partition and to and from the data transfer elements assigned to the same partition, and at least one bridge operatively disposed between at least one user and the library, each of the bridges present the data transfer elements and the virtual controllers of each partition to the users as logical components beginning at a same designation for each partition.
摘要:
There is disclosed a method and components for managing admission of new user accounts onto a computer entity, for example a headless computer entity, by predicting future utilization of functionality by each of a plurality of existing user accounts on the computer entity, as well as predicting a utilization of any new user accounts requested to be admitted to the computer entity. Various warnings are displayed to an administrator, and an administrator can modify and override automatically generated limit parameters for admitting or rejecting new user accounts. The method and apparatus automatically manage entry and rejection of new users onto the computer entity, without the need for administrator intervention at every admission of a new user account.
摘要:
A method for securing access to a data medium comprises listing at least one unique identifier of media that a data transfer element is allowed to access in memory storage of the data transfer element, accessing only media having at least one of the listed unique identifiers in media cartridge memory with the data transfer element, and writing a unique identifier associated with the data transfer element to the cartridge memory of the selected medium with the data transfer element in response to no library assigned unique identifier being present in the cartridge memory of the selected medium.