System and method for reducing latency for serially accessible media
US6967802B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/91
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for reducing the access time in a storage system having serially accessible media. One or more duplicate copies of data are maintained at different offset locations on serial media. When a request is made to read the data, a determination is made as to which copy of the data—either the original data or one of the duplicate copies—will have the shortest access time for accessing the data. Generally, this would be the data copy that will be closest to the data transducer when the tape is positioned for access, such as a tape cartridge being loaded in a tape drive. Once the tape is ready to be accessed, the tape is positioned to access the copy of the data that is in closest linear proximity with the reading transducer. Thus, the copy of the data having the lowest access latency is chosen to satisfy the particular I/O request.
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