Dynamic buffer size switching for burst errors encountered while reading a magnetic tape
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTakashi Katagiri, Yuhko Mori, Pamela R. Nylander-Hill
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTakashi Katagiri, Yuhko Mori, Pamela R. Nylander-Hill
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In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic configured to: read data from a data storage medium, detect an error condition in data read from the data storage medium, determine how to allocate a ring buffer into a first portion and a second portion, the ring buffer being allocated for processing normal read and/or write requests, divide the ring buffer into the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first portion is allocated for processing normal read and/or write requests, and wherein the second portion is allocated for processing ERP requests, perform ERP on the data using the second portion of the ring buffer, determine that the ERP has been completed, and unify the ring buffer after the ERP is completed and allocate an entirety of the ring buffer for processing normal read and/or write requests.
A system for dynamically allocating a ring buffer, the system comprising a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic configured to:
A method for dynamically allocating a ring buffer, the method comprising:
A computer program product for dynamically allocating a ring buffer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable/executable by a tape drive to:
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