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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bradley Edwin Whitney, Erie, CO (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A tape drive adapted for providing a best access order for files or data sets on a tape loaded into the tape drive. The tape drive includes a processor and memory storing a file location table for the tape. The file location table includes identifiers for a plurality of files on the tape and location information for the plurality of files on the tape. The tape drive includes an order determination module, executed by the processor, processing an order request. The order request, from a host or user, includes a list of the files on the tape from which to generate, based on the location information in the file location table, a reordered list defining an order for accessing the files on the tape. The reordered list or best access order has (or produces via tape drive access) an access time for the files that is minimal or reduced.