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Monitoring and analyzing the storage quality and the drive hardware performance of a media library

US8009539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Nils Haustein · Nieder-Olm, DE
Stefan Neff · Mainz, DE
Ulf Troppens · Mainz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 19, 2008
Grant date	Aug 30, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B2220/90
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and infrastructure are provided for monitoring and analyzing the storage media quality and the drive hardware performance of a media library. The media library comprises a plurality of removable storage media, a plurality of drive units for said storage media and means for moving said storage media to and from appropriate drive units. The media library is managed by a management system being connected to said media library. At least one reference medium of a known and proven quality to compare the performance of at least one of said storage media in a given drive unit with the performance of said reference medium in said given drive unit and/or to test the performance of at least one given drive unit of said media library when acting on said reference medium.

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