BATCH SCHEME FOR MAGNETIC-TAPE OPERATION
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240274154A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18351683

    申请日:2023-07-13

    IPC分类号: G11B15/68

    CPC分类号: G11B15/689

    摘要: A computer-implemented method and a related tape library system for controlling an operation of a tape library system comprising at least one magnetic-tape drive unit and a plurality of tape cartridges, wherein the operation of the tape library system comprises a usage optimization of available resources of the tape library system, is disclosed. The method comprises determining a load value of the resources of the tape library system, accumulating requests to a tape cartridge in a batch before using tape library system to physically accessing the tape cartridge, and dynamically adjusting a number of requests in the batch before physically accessing the tape cartridge dependent on the load value such that a response time of the tape library system is optimized.

    Rail-based media transport robot for disk cartridge data storage library

    公开(公告)号:US11915728B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US18097473

    申请日:2023-01-16

    发明人: Robert L. Horn

    IPC分类号: G11B15/68 G11B33/04 G11B33/02

    摘要: A data storage disk cartridge library system includes a rack having an array of bays, at least some housing disk media cartridges and/or media drives, and a pair of horizontal and vertical guide rails bordering each bay. A media transport robot includes fixed-position drive wheels at each corner for driving the robot along the guide rails, and pivoting guide wheels corresponding to each drive wheel for guiding the drive wheel horizontally along a horizontal guide rail and vertically along a vertical guide rail. With each guide wheel coupled with a horizontal guide rail the robot can travel horizontally on the rack, and with each guide wheel coupled with a vertical guide rail the robot can travel vertically on the rack. Electrical power can be supplied to the robot via the guide rails, and gear portions of the wheels mechanically interface with a mechanical portion of the guide rails.

    Data storage library with media acclimation device and methods of acclimating data storage media

    公开(公告)号:US11423949B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17119615

    申请日:2020-12-11

    IPC分类号: G11B33/14 G11B15/68

    摘要: A system, method and apparatus to acclimate a data storage component from a first environmental setting to a second environmental setting is disclosed. In one embodiment a system having a data storage library with a plurality of data storage cartridges and at least one media acclimation device having one or more storage locations which are sized to accept one or more data storage cartridges therein is disclosed. The at least one media acclimation device is configured to gradually acclimate the one or more storage locations from an external environmental condition to an internal environmental condition. In another embodiment, a method of acclimating a data storage library component is disclosed. The system, method and apparatus may optionally further include at least one environmental conditioning unit for conditioning the internal environment within the library.

    System for providing an acclimation enclosure for a data storage library

    公开(公告)号:US11211093B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16588093

    申请日:2019-09-30

    IPC分类号: G11B23/02 G11B15/68 G11B33/14

    摘要: An enclosure configured to at least partially surround at least one access opening that permits access to an interior of a data storage library, wherein the enclosure includes at least one side surface configured to surround the at least one access opening to form a chamber and to permit access to the interior of the data storage library. The enclosure also includes at least one access opening in the at least one side surface to permit access to an interior of the chamber, wherein the enclosure is configured to selectively acclimate the chamber between environmental conditions exterior of the enclosure and environmental conditions of the interior of the data storage library.

    Data storage drive with target of opportunity recognition

    公开(公告)号:US11157420B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16528417

    申请日:2019-07-31

    摘要: A system includes a processor and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to receive a request to store data on media and obtain a data key. The logic is configured to generate an encryption encapsulated data key using the data key and generate a session encrypted data key using the data key. The logic is further configured to provide the session encrypted data key to a machine configured to write encrypted data to the data storage media for use by the machine in writing encrypted data to the data storage media. The logic is configured to provide the encryption encapsulated data key to the machine for enabling the machine to store the encryption encapsulated data key with the data on the data storage media.

    AUTOMATIC VOLUME STATISTICAL AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20210255811A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US16789569

    申请日:2020-02-13

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06 G11B15/68 G11B5/55

    摘要: A tape may be mounted into a tape drive. Mounting the tape into the tape drive may include loading the tape from a storage slot. The tape drive may request a first record of the tape from a tape storage subsystem. The tape drive may determine whether the first record of the tape exists in the tape storage subsystem. The tape drive may load the first record of the tape in random access memory (RAM) of the tape drive. The first record may include one or more data entries. The tape drive may append a new data entry to the first record. The first record may be transitioned to a second record upon being appended with the new data entry. The tape may be unmounted from the tape drive.

    Tape cartridge
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10647135B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US15563283

    申请日:2016-03-24

    摘要: A tape cartridge which is mounted in a tape printing apparatus provided with a detection part, includes a tape-shaped member which has a detection protrusion of which a lateral side partially protrudes in a tape width direction and a cartridge case in which a tape roll formed by winding the tape-shaped member into a roll shape is contained. In the tape cartridge, an exposed area is provided outside the cartridge case, the exposed area being where the detection protrusion provided in the tape-shaped member delivered from the tape roll and fed in a length direction of the tape-shaped member is exposed, the cartridge case has a cover which covers the tape-shaped member delivered from the tape roll in a tape feeding upstream side from the exposed area, and the cover includes a first cover, a second cover and a position regulating part.