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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Mark A. Payne, Longmont, CO (US);
Dwayne A. Edling, Longmont, CO (US);
Douglas F. Barbian, Lakewood, CO (US);
Theron S. White, Boulder, CO (US);
Mark A. Payne, Longmont, CO (US);
Dwayne A. Edling, Longmont, CO (US);
Douglas F. Barbian, Lakewood, CO (US);
Theron S. White, Boulder, CO (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of operating a storage system is provided. The storage system includes a tape drive for reading and writing data to a magnetic tape medium of a tape storage media device, and an auxiliary memory emulator for receiving I/O commands to perform I/O operations on an auxiliary memory and for rerouting the commands to perform the I/O operations on the magnetic tape medium of the tape storage media device. The method includes receiving I/O commands to perform I/O operations on an auxiliary memory on a tape storage media device, wherein the tape storage media device includes a magnetic tape medium and does not include the auxiliary memory, and routing the I/O commands to the magnetic tape medium provided in the tape storage media device.