Quantum Corporation

Advanced Digital Information Corporation

Bruno H Hald

Scott M Rockwell

Carsten H Prigge

Turguy Goker

Robert Yang

Robert Munio

David Tindall, Iii

Randall Elmer

Ryan Duffy

James P Peng

Hoa Le

Alexander Hois

Daniel J Byers

Steve Cooper

Joerg Stohrer

Mark Roberts

Mathew Aschenberg

Tj Quirk

Devin B Armstrong

The technology disclosed herein enables automatic implementation of a physical barrier to protect access to data on removable storage media. In a particular embodiment, a method provides determining that the item moved into a storage position using an automatic transfer mechanism and determining that a condition for protecting the item is satisfied. Upon determining that the condition is satisfied, the method provides implementing a physical barrier that prevents the automatic transfer mechanism from removing the item from the storage position.

Automatic implementation of a physical barrier to protect removable storage media access

A media library includes a library housing, a heat-producing device, one or more storage media and an air mover assembly. The library housing can include a library interior where the library interior can include a first wall and a second wall positioned opposite the first wall. The heat-producing device can be positioned near the first wall of the library interior. The one or more storage media can be positioned in the library interior between the heat-producing device and the second wall. The air mover assembly can be is configured to move air into the library interior through the first wall and out of the library interior through the second wall. The heat-producing device can include one or more of a media drive, a power supply and a controller. The air mover assembly can move air through the heat-producing device before the air moves through the one or more storage media.

System and method for controlling internal temperature of media library

A tape cartridge for use in one or more tape drives of a tape library includes a cartridge housing and a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is retained within the cartridge housing. The magnetic tape includes a first tape section that is pre-recorded with calibrated data for evaluating data durability on the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is usable within the tape library to measure a health of the one or more tape drives and/or confirm a suitability of an operating environment within the tape library in terms of at least one of temperature and humidity. The calibrated data in the first tape section can be further configured for evaluating total transverse dimensional stability on the magnetic tape. The first tape section can include predetermined error patterns to assist in evaluating the data durability on the magnetic tape and/or periodic tape scrubbing operations to enhance data durability on the magnetic tape.

Tape library system with integrated, feedback-based environmental and data durability control

A method for mover transition in an open systems based media library () for use with a host () that relays command requests comprises the steps of retaining a storage medium (); selectively moving the storage medium () within the media library () with a first media mover (); and when the first media mover () has a status of unavailable due to mover transition, indicating to the host () with a control system () that the first media mover () is not ready to perform a motion operation, and is in the process of becoming ready. Additionally, the host () continues to relay command requests to the media library () when the first media mover () has the status of unavailable, and the control system () performs any subsequent command requests relayed by the host () when the first media mover () subsequently has the status of available.

Method for mover transition in an automated media library

A method of generating command instructions for a distributed mass data storage library comprises the steps of receiving an operator request from an operator, determining at least one command for at least one intelligent library component in response to the operator request, forming at least one command message containing the at least one command, and sending the at least one command message to the at least one intelligent library component for carrying out actions requested by the operator.

Method of generating control commands in a distributed mass data storage library network

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Bruno H Hald