Quantum Corporation

Franck Paulus

Richard Chaney

Douglas F Barbian

Fernando Moreira

Victor Wilmot Hudson

Sebastien Rabaud

Curtis Mulder

Jean-Pierre Guignard

Mark Ostlund

Storage drive logic and a standalone tape file structure are described. File transfer logic transfers file data to and from a network according to a first protocol. Media access logic accesses a sequential-access storage medium associated with the drive according to a second protocol. Media management logic translates file-based commands received from the network according to the first protocol into sequential-access device commands according to the second protocol. The device commands control accessing of data by the drive. The storage medium may be a magnetic tape including a data region for storing data in a file format, and a table of contents (TOC) region for storing a table of contents that indexes the locations of files within the data region.

Network-attachable, file-accessible storage drive

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Toulouse, France

Franck Paulus