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Title:
【発明の名称】可変サイズのデータ・ブロックの固定ブロック構造体へのマッピング・システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003510680
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A virtual tape system and method for mapping variable sized data blocks from a host to a fixed sized data block structure of a direct access storage device (DASD) utilizes a buffer between the cache and the host. The control logic operates to access the storage device by transferring data between the cache and the buffer in fixed chunk sizes, and in parallel, transferring data between the host and the buffer in data-chained blocks.

Inventors:
Patrick Elde Martin
Scott Sea Hammet
Stefan Es The Nowick
Application Number:
JP2001525512A
Publication Date:
March 18, 2003
Filing Date:
September 20, 2000
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Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation
International Classes:
G06F12/08; G06F3/06; (IPC1-7): G06F12/08; G06F3/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiaki Nishiyama