REDUCING ELAPSED TIME TO ACCESS DATA FROM A STORAGE MEDIUM DURING A RECALL OPERATION

摘要

In one embodiment, a tape drive includes a drive buffer, a processor, and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to: receive a list including: user data segments recorded on tape media, wherein the user data segments are arranged in the list according to a predetermined order, and information associated with each user data segment, wherein the information includes a description of a physical location of each of the user data segments on the tape media. The logic is further configured to cause the processor to locate each of the user data segments on the tape media according to the order in the list, read each of the user data segments from the tape media according to the order in the list, and write each of the user data segments to a buffer according to the order in the list.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a list including:
a plurality of user data segments recorded on tape media, wherein the user data segments are arranged in the list according to a predetermined order, andinformation associated with each user data segment, wherein the information comprises a description of a physical location of each of the user data segments on the tape media; locating each of the user data segments on the tape media according to the information and the order in the list; reading each of the user data segments from the tape media according to the order in the list; and writing each of the user data segments to a buffer according to the order in the list.