Spectra Logic Corporation

California Eastern Laboratories, Inc.

Kenneth D Lau

Matthew Thomas Starr

Michael Gerard Goberis

Damon Mark Stewart

In embodiments, a system and method backs up and restores data stored on a gateway using a signature having sub-signatures that represent specific categories of data elements of the data, the categories regarding the operation of one or more actuating devices and possibly other items, the system and method changing the operation of the one or more actuating devices and possibly the other items based on restored or updated data elements of the data stored on the gateway.

Gateway backup system and method

A robotic data storage library with soft power on/off capability and a method for providing soft power capability in a robotic data storage library are disclosed. The method and apparatus control the application of power to at least one component of a robotic data storage library to reduce issues caused by transitioning the library between an ON state and an OFF state. One embodiment of a robotic data storage library, for example, comprises: (a) a plurality of storage locations, each capable of holding at least one data storage element; (b) a data transfer interface for receiving a data storage element and establishing a communication path with a data storage element so that data can be transferred between the data storage element and a host computer; (c) a transport unit for moving a data storage element between one of the plurality of storage locations and the data transfer interface; (d) a power supply for providing power to a component of the library; (e) a power switch switchable between an ON state and an OFF state; and (f) a power controller for monitoring the power switch for a transition between the ON state and the OFF state and after detecting a transition of the power switch between the ON state and the OFF state, controlling the application of power to the component.

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Kenneth D Lau