Emulated storage system
US8620640B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1448
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A back-up storage system that emulates a sequential storage medium such as a tape and stores data on a randomly accessible storage medium, such as disk. The back-up storage system includes a randomly accessible storage medium, a front-end interface to emulate the sequential storage medium, to communicate with external devices using a protocol that supports the sequential storage medium, and to receive sequential-format data from the external devices, and a back-end interface to receive the sequential-format data from the front-end interface and to store the sequential-format data on the randomly-accessible storage medium.
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