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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ilias Iliadis, Rueschlikon, CH;
Jens Jelitto, Rueschlikon, CH;
Yusik Kim, Eekwal, NL;
Slavisa Sarafijanovic, Tobelhof, CH;
Vinodh Venkatesan, Wassergass, CH;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage system is proposed which comprises a data storage device including a number N of removable storage media for storing data, with N≧2, and a number m of drives, with m≧1, wherein each of the m drives is configured to drive one of the removable storage media mounted to the drive. The storage system includes a server being coupled to the data storage device and configured to serve requests from clients, and a controller which is configured to control the data storage device to adaptively unmount the removable storage media based on a monitoring information of the requests at the data storage device, states of the drives, and states of the removable storage media.