Patent ID: 9323776
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for providing a self-describing tape comprising: a media library, comprising: an archive node appliance coupled to the media library and a set of hosts, the archive node appliance comprising a processor, a data store and a set of computer instructions executable on the processor to: maintain, for a file, a set of first file system metadata according to a first file system type; present, using a network file system interface of the first file system type, the file as located at a first location according to the set of first file system metadata using a first file system of the first file system type having a first file system structure, wherein the set of first file system metadata includes data for use in presenting the file through the network file system interface of the first file system type; cause the file to be stored at a second location on a media of the media library using a second file system of a second file system type having a second file system structure, wherein the second location in the second file system structure mirrors the first location in the first file system structure; cause at least a portion of the set of first file system metadata to be stored on the media in addition to a set of second file system metadata stored by the second file system.