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System and method for storing data and accessing stored data

US8433732B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2007
Grant dateApr 30, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 11, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1469
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one example of a method to access data, selected data stored in a virtual tape library (“VTL”) maintained in a selected format in a first non-tape storage medium is examined. One or more first directories and one more first files are identified within the selected data. One or more second directories, and one or more second files, comprising information identifying at least one of the one or more first files, are generated and stored in a second non-tape storage medium. A request specifying at least one of the one or more second files is received from a device, and information identifying at least one of the one or more first files is retrieved from the specified second file. The at least one first file is accessed based on the information, and data from the at least one first file is provided to the device. Systems are also disclosed.

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