Patent ID: 6154817
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for storing data on storage media organized in media pools, the system comprising:a plurality of media pools, each media pool being associated with a job and having at least a first set of storage media and a second set of storage media;a media manager that determines which media pool is to be used for a particular job, and that determines a storage medium in the determined media pool to which data associated with the job is to be stored, and cycles the storage media in the media pool between the first set and the second set so that the data associated with the job can be stored on the storage medium cycled from the second set to the first set; anda storage device in communication with the media manager and adapted for transferring the data associated with the job to the storage medium cycled from the second set to the first set.