Method and system for tracking and monitoring status of data storage subsystem components
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1. A data storage subsystem, comprising:
- a data storage subsystem including a data storage device;
a memory device associated with said data storage device, said memory device storing informationan indicator device coupled to said memory device configured to selectively indicate said information;
wherein said information comprises;
Serial number data;
Model number data;
Expected life of the storage device;
Information regarding most recent service and maintenance regarding said data storage device; and
Date of manufacture data.
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Abstract
Components in a data storage subsystem are tracked, and their status monitored, with the use of memory devices such as RFID tags. In the practice of the invention, a component of a data storage subsystem, such as a data recording device, is associated with a memory device, such as but not limited to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, that is capable of storing information regarding the data storage component and configured to transmit such information upon interrogation by a reader device. The memory device is coupled to an indicator device that is configured to selectively indicate information about the data storage component.
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32 Claims
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1. A data storage subsystem, comprising:
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a data storage subsystem including a data storage device; a memory device associated with said data storage device, said memory device storing information an indicator device coupled to said memory device configured to selectively indicate said information; wherein said information comprises; Serial number data; Model number data; Expected life of the storage device; Information regarding most recent service and maintenance regarding said data storage device; and Date of manufacture data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for tracking and displaying information regarding components of a data storage subsystem, said data storage subsystem comprising a plurality of data storage devices, said method comprising:
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Affixing a memory device to a data storage device, said memory device storing information regarding said data storage device; Coupling said memory device to an indicator device; and Enabling said indicator device to selectively indicate said information wherein said information comprises; Serial number data; Model number data; Expected life of the storage device; Information regarding most recent service and maintenance regarding said data storage device; and Date of manufacture data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of obtaining information regarding components in a data storage subsystem, said data storage subsystem including a plurality of data storage devices, each said data storage device having associated therewith a memory device, said memory device storing information regarding said associated data storage component and configured to transmit said information upon interrogation, said memory device coupled to an indicator device configured to selectively indicate said information, said method comprising the following steps:
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Providing a reader capable of interrogating said memory device; Sending, via said reader, an interrogation to each said memory device to obtain information regarding each said associated data storage component; and Observing said indicator devices to ascertain said information for each said associated data storage component; wherein said information comprises; Serial number data; Model number data; Expected life of the data storage device; Information regarding most recent service and maintenance regarding said data storage device; and Date of manufacture data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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