JPH06187204A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To effectively utilize multiple information recording units to shorten the data registration time. [Structure] This information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus having a plurality of autochangers 8 and 9 in which optical disks are connected, and a data file 6 for temporarily storing data.
A queue file 7 into which a data registration waiting queue is written; an MT input processing unit 2 that reads data from the MTs 10 and 11 and stores the read data in the data file 6 and writes the registration waiting queue into the queue file 7; The optical disk registration business table 40 and the task status table 50 are provided, and when the queue file 7 is queued, the monitoring unit 3 that refers to these tables and detects an unused autochanger, and the autochangers 8 and 9 have a one-to-one correspondence. And registration units 4 and 5 that are respectively provided for operating these units.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for managing deposit / saving information, customer information, etc. in a financial institution, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, an information processing apparatus used in a financial institution has a plurality of information recording sections because it manages a huge amount of information such as deposit and savings information and customer information. The status of utilization of the information recording unit is not yet sufficient, and the registration process takes time.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the conventional information processing apparatus, a central processing unit 60 is provided with a plurality of information recording units, for example, optical changers 61, 6 in which optical disks (OD) are connected in series.
2 and magnetic tape devices (MT) 63 and 64 are connected. The central processing unit 60 has an MT input processing unit 65, a monitoring unit 66, a registration unit 67, a data file 68, a queue file 69 and the like. Data before registration is stored in the MTs 63 and 64. Auto changer 6
The registration units 67 activate the units 1 and 2 one by one, and register and call data in the internal OD.

In this information processing apparatus, first, the MT input processing unit 65 reads data from the MTs 63 and 64, and the read data is temporarily written in the data file 68. At the same time, the input processing unit 65 sets a registration waiting queue in the queue file 69.

On the other hand, the monitoring unit 66 constantly monitors the operating states of the autochangers 61 and 62, for example, whether data is being registered or has been registered. When the queue waiting state is set in the queue file 69, the autochanger 6 is activated.
As soon as the data registration operations 1 and 62 are completed, the queue is transferred to the registration unit 67. The registration unit 67 reads data from the data file 68 based on the passed queue, and operates one of the autochangers designated by the queue, for example, the autochanger 62.
As a result, the autochanger 62 registers data in its own OD.

At this time, since one registration unit 67 cannot simultaneously operate the two auto changers 61 and 62, the monitoring unit 66 activates the registration unit 67 to determine whether data is being registered or has been registered. It is performed by detecting whether or not there is.

By the way, in this case, the registration unit 67 constantly operates either one of the autochangers. For example, when the autochanger 61 is operating, the other autochangers 62 are stopped and only these autochangers are operated. Focusing on 2
This means that the platform is not fully utilized.

Therefore, it is conceivable to provide a plurality of registration units 67.

However, when the monitoring unit 66 monitors the data registration status, it is difficult to determine the competition between the autochangers 61 and 62 only by detecting the activation state of the registration unit 67. For example, two autochangers 61 and 6 are detected.
2 may mistakenly register the same data multiple times, so that it is not possible to easily realize a plurality of registration units 67.

[0010]

As described above, in the conventional information processing apparatus described above, one registration unit operates only one information recording unit, although a plurality of information recording units are connected. Therefore, even when there is data waiting to be registered, there is a problem that the plurality of information recording units cannot be effectively used and the data registration process takes time.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and by providing a plurality of registration units corresponding to the number of information recording units and surely making a competition determination of the plurality of information recording units. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus that can effectively utilize a plurality of information recording units to shorten the data registration processing time.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the information processing apparatus of the present invention relates to a data file in which data waiting for registration is temporarily stored and the data stored in this data file. A queue file in which a registration waiting queue is set up, an information recording medium for registering the data, and a plurality of information recording units for registering the data in the information recording medium based on the registration waiting queue; A table in which an identifier for identifying each information recording section and binary information corresponding to the identifier are variably written, the data is read from the outside and stored in the data file, and a queue waiting for registration in the queue file And means for receiving a response signal issued by the plurality of information recording units at the end of the operation. A means for changing the binary information corresponding to the identifier, a means for searching the queue file at a predetermined time interval, and a result of this search, when a registration waiting queue is detected, a predetermined binary value is referred to by referring to the table. It is provided with a unit for detecting the identifier corresponding to the information, and a unit for operating the information recording unit to which the detected identifier is assigned and transferring the registration waiting queue.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the searching means searches the queue file every predetermined time. At this time, when the registration waiting queue is detected, the inside of the table is referred to detect the identifier corresponding to the predetermined binary information. At this time, when a plurality of identifiers are detected, the information recording units to which these identifiers are allocated are respectively operated, and the registration waiting queue is transferred to each of the operated information recording units. Then, the data waiting to be registered is read from the data file based on each registration waiting queue, and the data is registered in each information recording medium. That is, the competition determination of the plurality of information recording units can be surely performed.

As a result, the information recording units can be operated simultaneously, the information recording units in the unused state are eliminated, and the plurality of information recording units can be effectively used.

As a result, the processing time at the time of data registration can be shortened.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a central processing unit of this information processing apparatus. The central processing unit 1 includes an MT input processing unit 2, a monitoring unit 3, registration units 4, 5, a data file 6 and a queue file 7.
The central processing unit 1 includes, for example, a plurality of optical disks (O
D) is connected to the auto changers 8 and 9, a magnetic tape device (MT00) 10 and a magnetic tape device (MT01).
11 and the like are connected. OD for MT10 and 11
Stores the data before registration in. Autochangers 8 and 9 each have two disk drives 1
2 and 13 are installed, and data is registered and called by a set of two ODs. In this embodiment, each autochanger 8, 9 includes two disk drives 12,
One of the 13 is a main (primary) and the other is a sub (sub), and data is registered in the OD while always taking a backup.

Hereinafter, the flow chart of FIG. 2 and FIGS.
The operation of this information processing apparatus will be described with reference to each table of FIG.

In the case of this information processing apparatus, first, the MT input processing section 2 sequentially reads data from MT10 or MT11 (step 201). In MT10, for example, in terms of financial institution information, various data regarding ordinary deposits are stored, and MT11 stores various data regarding time deposits. That is, the grouped data is stored in each MT 10, 11.

The MT input processing unit 2 temporarily writes the read data in the data file 6. At the same time MT
The input processing unit 2 sets up a registration waiting queue in the queue file 7 (step 202).

On the other hand, in the monitoring unit 3, as shown in FIG.
The data management file 30 is set, and various information in the system, for example, data input information of the MTs 10 and 11 and optical disc registration status information of the autochangers 8 and 9 are written therein.

The monitoring unit 3 searches the queue file 7 at predetermined time intervals (step 203), and when a queue waiting for registration is set up in the queue file 7 (step 204), the data management file 31 responds to the data waiting for registration. The record number of the optical disc registration status is assigned. That is, the data waiting for registration is managed by the monitoring unit 3. Further, the monitoring unit 3, as shown in FIG. 4, includes the record number and the job number of the optical disc registration status of the data management file 30.
Has an optical disk registration business table 40 corresponding to. Here, the job No. is an identifier for identifying each of the autochangers 8 and 9.

The monitoring unit 3 records the record number and the job number of the data waiting to be registered in the optical disk registration job table 40.
And write. Then, the monitoring unit 3 uses the autochanger 8 of the job number of the optical disk registration job table 40,
9 activates the corresponding registration unit 4 or registration unit 5 to execute the task. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the task state table 50 is referenced to search for a conflict between the autochangers 8 and 9. (Step 205). The task status table 50 is a table in which a job number for identifying each of the autochangers 8 and 9 and binary information (0 or 1, etc.) corresponding to the job number are changeably written. Here, "1" indicates that the autochanger is operating, and "0" indicates that the autochanger is stopped.

In the task status table 50, the status flag is changed from "1" to "0" by the monitoring unit 3 when the monitoring unit 3 receives a response signal from the autochangers 8 and 9 at the time of completion of registration. .

The monitoring unit 3 uses the queue file 7 at predetermined time intervals.
Since I am searching for
The status flag of this task status table 50 is checked. As a result, a business number for registering data in the OD is detected.

That is, at the time when the registration waiting queue is detected, the monitoring unit 3 refers to the task status table 50 to check the operating statuses of all the autochangers 8 and 9, and as a result, detects an unused autochanger (step).
206).

In the case of this embodiment, since the work No. 41 of the task status table 50 is "0" (not in operation), the monitoring unit 3 detects that the autochanger 8 corresponding to the work No. 41 is in the unused state, This auto changer 8
While activating the registration unit 4 that operates, the optical disc registration operation table 40 is referred to, and it is determined that the 6.7th record data is in the registerable state. On the other hand, the activated registration unit 4 operates the corresponding autochanger 8, receives the registration waiting queue from the monitoring unit 3 (step 207), and based on this, the record No. 0 of the data management file 30.
With reference to 6.07, the data waiting to be registered in the data file 6 designated in this record No. 06.07 is taken out and the data is sent to the autochanger 8. The status flag of the task status table 50 is changed from “0” to “1” when the registration unit 4 is activated. The autochanger 8 receives the data and sets the designated OD in the disk drives 12 and 13, respectively, and registers the received data in the OD. When the data registration to the OD is completed, the queue information about the data is deleted from the queue file 7.

On the other hand, during this period, the monitoring unit 3 also searches whether or not the next registration waiting queue exists in the queue file 7.
In the case of this embodiment, since there are only two auto changers, at this point, the status flags of the task status table 50 are all "1", and even if the next registration waiting queue is searched, in step 206. Since there is no unused autochanger, the monitoring unit 3 is in a standby state for a predetermined time (step 208). After that, the monitoring unit 3 again starts the operation of searching for an unused autochanger.

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of this embodiment, when the queue stands, the monitoring unit 3 searches for an unused autochanger 8 and activates the corresponding registration unit 4, so that the data file 6 is awaited for registration. The automatic changers 8 and 9 will not be in an unused state as long as the data of the above exists. For example, when there are two or more pieces of data waiting to be registered, the autochangers 8 and 9 operate simultaneously to register the respective data on each optical disk (OD).

As a result, the processing time at the time of data registration can be shortened.

In this embodiment, the configuration having two autochangers as a plurality of information recording sections has been described, but the present invention is the type of the information recording medium of these information recording sections (optical disk, magnetic disk, magnetic tape, etc.). It is not limited to numbers and numbers. Various types of data such as code data and image data can be widely applied as the type of data to be registered.

[0032]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to operate a plurality of information recording units at the same time by surely determining the competition of the plurality of information recording units. Since each information recording unit is not in an unused state, the processing time at the time of data registration can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the central processing unit in this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data management table in this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an optical disk registration business table in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a task status table in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Central processing unit, 2 ... MT input processing unit, 3 ... Monitoring unit,
4, 5 ... Registration unit, 6 ... Data file, 7 ... Queue file, 8, 9 ... Autochanger, 10 ... Magnetic tape device (MT00), 11 ... Magnetic tape device (MT0)
1), 12, 13 ... Disk drives.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data file in which data waiting for registration is temporarily stored, a queue file in which a registration waiting queue is established for the data stored in the data file, and an information recording medium for registering the data. Is equipped with
A plurality of information recording units that register the data in the information recording medium based on the registration waiting queue, an identifier for identifying each of the information recording units, and binary information corresponding to the identifiers can be changed. The written table, means for reading the data from the outside and storing the data in the data file and establishing a registration waiting queue in the queue file, and receiving the response signal issued by the plurality of information recording units at the end of the operation, Means for changing the binary information corresponding to the identifier on the table, means for searching the queue file at predetermined time intervals, and when the registration waiting queue is detected as a result of this search, the table is referred to. A means for detecting the identifier corresponding to predetermined binary information, and an operation of the information recording section to which the detected identifier is assigned The information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a means for transferring the registration queue causes.