Tape emulating disk based storage system and method
US7444465B2 · kind B2 · utility
6Cited by
6References
10Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/002
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The data structure includes entry tables that form a linked list where each contain links to other entry tables and information defining data storage sectors allocated to records associates a virtual tape.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.