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US Patent 7444465 Tape emulating disk based storage system and method

Patent 7444465 was granted and assigned to Overland Storage on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Overland Storage

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7444465

Date of Patent

October 28, 2008

Patent Application Number

11215740

Date Filed

August 30, 2005

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11775180 Tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention

Patent Primary Examiner

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Reba I. Elmore

Patent abstract

A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The data structure includes entry tables that form a linked list where each contain links to other entry tables and information defining data storage sectors allocated to records associates a virtual tape.