Scaling media utilizing healthy regions of a tape cartridge
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSetsuko Masuda, Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Mitsuhiro Nishida, Tatsuki Sawada
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Abstract
A tool for scaling media utilizing healthy regions of a data storage cartridge. The tool determines a health status index for one or more regions of a data storage cartridge. The tool records the health status index to a cartridge memory and housekeeping dataset of the data storage cartridge. The tool determines one or more available regions of the data storage cartridge, based, at least in part, on a capacity designation and the health status index for the one or more regions. The tool returns the one or more available regions and a reduced capacity for the data storage cartridge to a user.
Claims20
A method for scaling media utilizing healthy regions of a data storage cartridge, the method comprising:
- determining, by one or more computer processors, a health status index for one or more regions of a data storage cartridge;
- recording, by the one or more computer processors, the health status index to a cartridge memory and to a housekeeping dataset of the data storage cartridge;
- determining, by the one or more computer processors, one or more available regions of the data storage cartridge, based, at least in part, on a capacity designation and the health status index for the one or more regions;
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- returning, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more available regions and a reduced capacity for the data storage cartridge to a user.
A computer program product for scaling media utilizing healthy regions of a data storage cartridge, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to determine a health status index for one or more regions of a data storage cartridge;
- program instructions to record the health status index to a cartridge memory and housekeeping dataset of the data storage cartridge;
- program instructions to determine one or more available regions of the data storage cartridge, based, at least in part, on a capacity designation and the health status index for the one or more regions;
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- program instructions to return the one or more available regions and a reduced capacity for the data storage cartridge to a user.
A computer system for scaling media utilizing healthy regions of a data storage cartridge, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
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- program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to determine a health status index for one or more regions of a data storage cartridge;
- program instructions to record the health status index to a cartridge memory and housekeeping dataset of the data storage cartridge;
- program instructions to determine one or more available regions of the data storage cartridge, based, at least in part, on a capacity designation and the health status index for the one or more regions;
- and
- program instructions to return the one or more available regions and a reduced capacity for the data storage cartridge to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.