SE8007292L - SET AND DEVICE FOR STORING DATA - Google Patents

SET AND DEVICE FOR STORING DATA

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SE8007292L
SE8007292L SE8007292A SE8007292A SE8007292L SE 8007292 L SE8007292 L SE 8007292L SE 8007292 A SE8007292 A SE 8007292A SE 8007292 A SE8007292 A SE 8007292A SE 8007292 L SE8007292 L SE 8007292L
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Sweden
Prior art keywords
memory
format
data
disk
interfaces
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SE8007292A
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Swedish (sv)
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B B White
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Storage Technology Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0629—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems
    • G06F3/0631—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems by allocating resources to storage systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
    • G06F3/0604—Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0638—Organizing or formatting or addressing of data
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0668—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems adopting a particular infrastructure
    • G06F3/0671—In-line storage system
    • G06F3/0673—Single storage device
    • G06F3/0682—Tape device

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Memory System Of A Hierarchy Structure (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

The system includes one or more host processor interfaces including controllers 12 connected to a main high speed "cache" memory 22 and to disk store interfaces 16 including local controllers, and a supervisory control processor 24. The system responds to requests by the host computer to store and to retrieve information in the format of a conventional tape drive assembly. The data, however, is actually stored or retrieved in piecemeal form from a plurality of disk storage drives 20a to 20n so that the data management system functionally mimics a tape drive and accepts and produces data in serial (tape) format, but in fact stores the data in available spaces in disk units. Data passes in each direction through a main memory 22 under the control of a processor 24 which allocates blocks of a "tape" file to the disk drives. Interfaces 12a to 12n between the computer 10 and memory 22 can contain data buffers and interface between serial format on the computer side and parallel format on the memory side. Interfaces 16a to 16n between the disk drives 20 and memory 22 can also contain data buffers and interface between serial format on the disk drive side and parallel format on the memory side. <IMAGE>
SE8007292A 1979-10-18 1980-10-17 SET AND DEVICE FOR STORING DATA SE8007292L (en)

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US8590979A 1979-10-18 1979-10-18

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AU (1) AU6240780A (en)
BE (1) BE885727A (en)
CA (1) CA1153126A (en)
DE (1) DE3039285A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2468163A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2063532B (en)
IT (1) IT1132962B (en)
MX (1) MX148922A (en)
NL (1) NL8004884A (en)
SE (1) SE8007292L (en)

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US6658526B2 (en) 1997-03-12 2003-12-02 Storage Technology Corporation Network attached virtual data storage subsystem
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US6094605A (en) 1998-07-06 2000-07-25 Storage Technology Corporation Virtual automated cartridge system
US6330621B1 (en) 1999-01-15 2001-12-11 Storage Technology Corporation Intelligent data storage manager
US6834324B1 (en) 2000-04-10 2004-12-21 Storage Technology Corporation System and method for virtual tape volumes
US7467238B2 (en) 2004-02-10 2008-12-16 Hitachi, Ltd. Disk controller and storage system
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MX148922A (en) 1983-07-07
GB2063532A (en) 1981-06-03
FR2468163A1 (en) 1981-04-30
CA1153126A (en) 1983-08-30
DE3039285A1 (en) 1981-04-30
JPH0448250B2 (en) 1992-08-06
GB2063532B (en) 1984-05-16
BE885727A (en) 1981-04-15
AU6240780A (en) 1981-04-30
NL8004884A (en) 1981-04-22
IT1132962B (en) 1986-07-09
JPS5694452A (en) 1981-07-30
IT8024693A0 (en) 1980-09-16

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