Copying data from a linear tape file system (LTFS)-based storage system to a random access nonvolatile memory (RANVM) drive in units of blocks of the drive

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to:

• copy, by the controller, data stored on a Linear Tape File System (LTFS)-based storage system from the LTFS-based storage system to blocks of a Random Access Nonvolatile Memory (RANVM) drive,
• wherein the data is copied in units of the blocks of the drive,
• wherein the data includes file data, wherein positions at which the file data is written to blocks on the LTFS-based storage system is managed by the LTFS-based storage system according to block numbers in a same manner as file data is managed by the drive;
• and
• construct, by the controller, file metadata so that the copied data on the drive is accessible as one or more files.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• copy data stored on a Linear Tape File System (LTFS)-based storage system from the LTFS-based storage system to blocks of a Random Access Nonvolatile Memory (RANVM) drive,
• wherein the data is copied in units of the blocks of the drive,
• wherein the data includes file data,
• wherein positions at which the file data is written to blocks on the LTFS-based storage system is managed by the LTFS-based storage system according to block numbers in a same manner as file data is managed by the drive;
• and
• construct file metadata so that the copied data on the drive is accessible as one or more files.