Process for contiguously streaming data from a content addressed storage system

A method for restoring at least one data object that has been written to a tape device from a CAS system, the method comprising:

• providing at least one data object for transfer from the tape device;
• transferring a least a portion of the data object into a tape block memory buffer;
• transferring the contents of the tape block memory buffer to a data block memory buffer;
• transferring the contents of the data block memory buffer to the content address storage system.

A data storage system comprising:

• a CAS system having at least one data object in storage;
• a tape device;
• and
• a host server computer having a generator module for providing at least one data object for transfer to the tape device, a reader module for transferring the data object to a data block memory block, and a backup thread module for transferring the data object from the tape block and writing the data object to the tape device.

A software program product containing computer readable instructions for performing a method for transferring and writing a data object from a content addressed storage (CAS) system to a tape storage device, the method comprising:

• providing at least one data object for transfer from the content addressed storage system;
• transferring at least a portion of the data object into a data block memory buffer;
• transferring the contents of the data block memory buffer to a tape block memory buffer;
• monitoring the tape block memory buffer to find at least one data object;
• and
• writing the contents of the memory buffer to the tape device so that the data object is not fragmented by a second data object.