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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce Kenneth Hillyer, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Abraham Silberschatz, Summit, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711111 ; 711158 ; 395826 ; 395861 ; 395863 ; 395732 ;
Abstract
A system for scheduling read-requests for a serpentine data tape. The transit time between arbitrarily selected locations in the tape is not a linear function of distance between the locations. Despite this non-linearity, a model has been developed which accurately predicts such transit times. Using the model, a list of read-requests is re-organized into a sequence requiring a minimal, or at least smaller, total time to execute.