Patent ID: 6389503
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data storage system which connects to a host computer for performing one of a data backup operation and data restore operation, the data storage system comprising:a disk drive which transduces information in a sector format with respect to a rotating disk, a tape drive emulator connected between the disk drive and the host computer, the tape drive emulator interfacing with the host computer using a set of commands applicable to a tape drive, the tape drive emulator communicating data to and from the disk drive whereby the data is transduced relative to the disk in the sector format, wherein the tape drive emulator generates a set of data, the set of data being recorded in a predetermined plural number of sectors on the disk, the set of data having error correction bytes generated over the set, the error correction bytes being sufficient to recover a sector of the disk not readable by the disk drive.