Serial EEPROM for volume identification and drive specific information storage in a hard disk drive library
First Claim
1. A data storage system, comprising:
- a host computer including a picker robota data storage carrier including a hard disk drive and an individual memory device in communication with the hard disk drive, wherein the individual memory device is adapted to receive device specific information from the hard disk drive; and
means for coupling the data storage carrier to the picker robot.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing, in an automated data storage system having a plurality of removable data storage devices, independent memory devices associated with and physically attached to respective removable data storage devices for storing volume identification, RAID bundle information where applicable, and other drive specific information about their respective removable data storage devices. The removable data storage devices are typically hard disk drives, and the independent memory devices are preferably serial electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory (“EEPROM”) solid state memory devices. The EEPROM operates independently of the operation of its respective removable hard disk drive, does not require that the hard disk drive be powered up, and continues to operate in the presence of a catastrophic failure of the hard disk drive.
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1. A data storage system, comprising:
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a host computer including a picker robot a data storage carrier including a hard disk drive and an individual memory device in communication with the hard disk drive, wherein the individual memory device is adapted to receive device specific information from the hard disk drive; and means for coupling the data storage carrier to the picker robot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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