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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Lyn Lequam Ashton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Erika Marianna Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lisa Joan Gundy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stanley Mark Kissinger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Ray Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lyn Lequam Ashton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Erika Marianna Dawson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lisa Joan Gundy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stanley Mark Kissinger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Ray Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and system are disclosed for optimizing fast access data storage on segmented tape media. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to selectively write data to a tape storage medium. The selection module may select data for storage as one of fast access and slower access. Fast access data may be stored on the first segment, or fast access portion, of a tape storage medium to provide optimal speed for data retrieval. Slower access data may be stored on the remaining available storage space of the tape storage medium. Additionally, read requests for fast access data may be accessed more quickly than read requests for slower access data. Thus, user data may be selected and written to a tape storage medium relative to a preferred access time.