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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Shinji Furuya, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Furuya, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The data storage systemcomprises tape drivestooperable to read and write data transmitted via the SCSI busfrom and on a tape in parallel and a host PCfor controlling data transmission to the SCSI bus. The host PCincludes a data access control unitoperable to calculate a bus reconnect timing that makes it possible to avoid stopping tape writing or reading even when any one of the respective drive drivestowaits for the time when the other tape drives finish data transmitting after it reaches a bus reconnect timing based on the tape drive information '(the number of drive units, a data transmission speed of the bus, either a data reading speeds of the respective drive units or a data writing speeds of the respective drive units)=(m, S and R)'.