Virtual tape stacker

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2003-09-05

2010-06-29

Shah, Sanjiv (Department: 2185)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C711S004000, C711S112000, C711S161000, C711S162000, C711S202000, C711S203000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07747816

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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