Archiving device and data file server using data file recorded in division over recording media
US5832523A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99955
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An archiving device with a plurality of drive devices for reading out a plurality of data constituting one data file from a plurality of removable recording media in parallel. A recording media loading/unloading device selectively loads/unloads the removable recording media to/from the drive devices. A control device controls the media loading/unloading operations by the recording media loading/unloading device and data reading operations by the drive devices according to a reading request for a desired data file so as to selectively use the drive devices in reading the desired data file from the removable recording media.
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