Systems and methods of sharing removable media storage...

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2005-05-24

2008-05-06

Kim, Matthew (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Shared memory area

C711S111000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07370157

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods of sharing removable media storage (RMS) devices in multi-partitioned systems are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving requests from a plurality of partitions of a processor to map at least one shared RMS device for the multi-partitioned system. The method may also include scheduling the requests if the shared RMS device is unavailable. The method may also include automatically mapping the at least one shared RMS device to the partitions one at a time as the at least one shared RMS device becomes available.

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