Serial data storage system with automatically adjusted data protection to implement worm media with limited overwrite allowing write appending
US6339810B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/90
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a data storage subsystem, drive-level processing treats data storage media as WORM by automatically advancing a write append limiter as data is written, and preventing changes to data occurring before the write append limiter. Despite this media's WORM nature, the drive-level processing permits limited overwriting of data at the end of tape since the write append limiter lags the current write location by the margin of a write allowance index. Thus, despite the drive's treatment of the media as WORM, the drive permits overwriting of trailing metadata in order to facilitate write append operations.
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