Apparatus and method to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system, wherein said holographic data storage system comprises a plurality of calibratable components, wherein each of said plurality of calibratable components comprises one or more operational parameters, and wherein each operational parameter is associated with a nominal range, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:

• determining if the one or more operational parameters associated with each of said calibratable component fall within the associated nominal range;
• and
• operative if an operational parameter associated with a selected calibratable components falls outside the associated nominal range, generating an alert message regarding recalibrating said selected calibratable component;
• operative if said holographic data storage system comprises a spatial light modulator comprising a position error servo (“PES”), providing a PES calibration test protocol, one or more PES operational parameters, and a PES nominal range associated with each PES operational parameter;
• performing said PES calibration test;
• determining a measured value for each of said one or more PES operational parameters;
• determining if each measured PES operational parameter falls within the associated PES nominal range;
• and
• operative if each measured PES operational parameter does not fall within the associated PES nominal range, generating an alert message regarding recalibrating said position error servo.