TRANSFERRING ARCHIVED DATA

摘要

A system for transferring archived data comprises one or more interfaces, each operable to read data from magnetic storage tape, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more interfaces and operable to: identify a file stored on a magnetic storage tape, the file having a first format, identify a date associated with the identified file, identify one from a plurality of intermediate platforms based at least in part on the identified date, the intermediate platforms operable to access data from file formats associated with a range of dates, transfer the identified file to the identified intermediate platform, access data in the identified file using the identified intermediate platform, transfer the accessed data from the identified intermediate platform to a contemporary software platform, and store the accessed data in a second format.

主权项

1. A system for transferring archived data, comprising:
a plurality of interfaces, each operable to read data from a magnetic storage tape; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the plurality of interfaces and operable to:
identify a file stored on a magnetic storage tape from one of the plurality of interfaces, the file having a first format;identify a date and time associated with the identified file;compare the date and time associated with the identified file to a list of dates and times of previously identified files;determine that the date and time associated with the identified file exists on the list of previously identified files;alter the time associated with the identified file to an alternate time;add the date and altered time of the identified file to the list of previously identified files;identify one from a plurality of intermediate platforms based at least in part on the identified date associated with the identified file, each of the plurality of intermediate platforms associated with a range of dates, the intermediate platforms operable to access data from file formats associated with the range of dates;transfer the identified file to the identified intermediate platform, the identified intermediate platform operable to access data from the first file format;access data in the identified file using the identified intermediate platform;transfer the accessed data from the identified intermediate platform to a contemporary platform; andstore the accessed data in a second format, the contemporary platform operable to access data in the second file format but not the first file format.