Method and system for efficient file archiving and dearchiving in a DMD system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJennie Ching, Eric Hsiao, Peter S. Lee
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Abstract
Aspects for efficient archiving and dearchiving for a digital media distributor are presented. The aspects include a tape library for storing archived storage items, an archive server coupled to and managing the tape library, and a central site server coupled to the archive server and including a stage manager component. The stage manager component performs an archive operation to the archive server in response to a store request by grouping storage items according to predefined group categories and performs a dearchive operation from the archive server in response to a retrieve request by sorting storage items according to storage order within the predefined group categories.
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A method for achieving efficient archiving and dearchiving in a digital media distributor system, the method comprising:
- performing an archive operation to a tape server in response to a store request by grouping storage items according to predefined group categories;
- and
- performing a dearchive operation from the tape server in response to a retrieve request by sorting storage items according to storage order within the predefined group categories.
An efficient archiving and dearchiving system supporting digital media distribution, the system comprising:
- a tape library for storing archived storage items;
- an archive server coupled to and managing the tape library;
- and
- a central site server coupled to the archive server and including a stage manager component, the stage manager component performing an archive operation to the archive server in response to a store request by grouping storage items according to predefined group categories;
- and performing a dearchive operation from the archive server in response to a retrieve request by sorting storage items according to storage order within the predefined group categories.
A method for performing efficient archiving and dearchiving of digital spots in a digital media distributor system, the method comprising:
- (a) storing spots on a private disk area;
- (b) processing the spots in batches according to predefined group categories;
- (c) archiving the spots according to the predefined group categories;
- and
- (d) utilizing the predefined group categories for efficient spot retrieval in a dearchive operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.