Virtual tape stacker
US7747816B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 5, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server interface is adapted to communicate with a server and a data path is adapted to communicate with a random access data storage device. A controller is configured to transfer data between the server interface and the data path. The controller is operational so as to manage the data on the storage device as a plurality of sequentially-ordered virtual tape volumes, wherein a loaded one of the virtual tape volumes is unloaded and a next one of the virtual tape volumes is loaded in response to an eject command from the server.
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