Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a library of a hard disk drive with a transmissive emulating interface. SOLUTION: A hard disk drive is shelved at a related storage position inside a library. A library control device converts a logical address which is known for a request side host computer, of a requested hard disk drive into a physical address or a position inside the library. It is preferable for a picker to load the requested disk drive onto a destination plug socket which can be made a part of a back plane of the library, and a control device accesses the hard disk drive. A library operation is transmissive for the host computer and the library emulates the storage device of a selected type. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a library of hard disk drives with transparent emulating interface. SOLUTION: The hard disk drives are shelved in associated storage locations in the library. A library controller translates the logical address of a requested hard disk drive known to the requesting host computer to a physical address or location within the library. A picker preferably mounts the requested disk drive to a destination receptacle which may be part of a backplane of the library, and the controller accesses the hard disk drive. Library operation is transparent to the host computer, the host computer emulating a selected type of a storage device.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hard disk drive pick device and a method for transferring a disk drive from one of a plurality of storage bins in a library to a destination which can electrically interconnect the disk drive with a computer. SOLUTION: The pick device 10 includes a back plane adapted so as to provide input/output interconnection between a power source or a disk drive and the destination while transferring the disk drive.
Abstract:
A holographic storage drive and control of a holographic storage system are configured to write at least a group of holograms in a predetermined pattern in the holographic storage medium, and to write a directory hologram which relates to the holograms of the group to form an anchor location of the predetermined pattern. Further, a directory comprising the directory hologram stored in a memory, and the control is configured to initiate a read operation of at least one hologram of a group with an access for the directory hologram of the group at the anchor location; to read the accessed hologram, employing a matched filter to cross-correlate the read accessed hologram with an ideal version of the directory hologram derived from the directory stored in the memory; and to determine whether the read accessed hoIogram is the directory hoIogram of the group.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method are disclosed to generate convolution encoded data. The method supplies a convolution encoder. The method receives original data and generates convolution encoded original data. The method receives revised data. The method generates an XOR data stream by Exclusive OR'ing the original data with the revised data, forms a convolution encoded XOR data stream using the convolution encoder, and Exclusive ORs the convolution encoded XOR data stream with the convolution encoded original data to generate convolution-encoded revised data.
Abstract:
A dual-path optical recording medium (100) and an apparatus (200) for accessing such are disclosed. The dual-path optical recording medium (100) includes a substrate (114), an intermediate recording layer (118), a holographic recording layer (104) and a dichronic mirror layer (110). The intermediate recording layer (118) is a rewritable data storage layer with a relatively low storage capacity. The holographic recording layer (104) is a write-once data storage layer with a relatively high storage capacity. The dichronic mirror layer (110) is located between the holographic recording layer (104) and the intermediate recording layer (118). The apparatus (200) for accessing the dual-path optical recording medium (100) includes a first light module (131) capable of generating a first laser light (121), and a second light module (132) capable of generating a second laser light (122).