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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Gregory Tad Kishi, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Mark Allan Norman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Laura Jean Ostasiewski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher Michael Sansone, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory Tad Kishi, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Mark Allan Norman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Laura Jean Ostasiewski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher Michael Sansone, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes determining whether to reallocate one or more of a plurality of tape drives that are presently allocated for a secure data erase process in response to an evaluation of a quantity of physical volumes to be secure data erased and a minimum queued threshold; and in response to said determination that one or more of said plurality of tape drives is to be reallocated, reallocating the one or more of said plurality of tape drives from the secure data erase process to another function.