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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Ralph T. Beeston, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cory G. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ralph T. Beeston, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cory G. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A read request of a sequential media from a host is executed with a read request data block size equal to a maximum recorded data block size parameter of the variable data block size storage device. Subsequently, if warranted, an adaptive read ahead data block size variable is set to equal a recorded data block size of data recorded on the sequential media that is responsive to the execution of the read request, and one or more read ahead requests of the sequential media are executed with a read ahead data block size equal to the adaptive read ahead data block size variable. The adaptive read ahead data block size variable is conditionally adjusted based on the recorded data block size(s) of data recorded on the sequential media that is responsive to the execution(s) of the read ahead request(s).