Methods for enabling functionality in multi-modal data storage systems
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1. A method for on-demand enablement of functionality of a multi-modal data storage system, the method comprising:
- allowing a data storage system to read and/or write to a storage medium in a first data format but not a second data format, wherein the way data is written in the first data format is different than the way the same data is written in the second data format;
allowing the data storage system to operate in the second data format upon occurrence of a first condition;
upon occurrence of a second condition, no longer allowing the data storage system to operate in the second data format; and
charging a sum of money for enabling the data storage system to operate in the second data format.
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Abstract
A method for enabling different modes on a multi-modal data storage system such as a tape-based data storage system includes enabling a data storage system to operate in at least one of two modes, a first of the modes being different than a second of the modes. In one embodiment, the data storage system has all physical components required to operate in the first and second modes. An ability to operate in at least one of the modes is not allowed prior to enabling the data storage system to operate in the at least one of the modes.
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1. A method for on-demand enablement of functionality of a multi-modal data storage system, the method comprising:
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allowing a data storage system to read and/or write to a storage medium in a first data format but not a second data format, wherein the way data is written in the first data format is different than the way the same data is written in the second data format; allowing the data storage system to operate in the second data format upon occurrence of a first condition; upon occurrence of a second condition, no longer allowing the data storage system to operate in the second data format; and charging a sum of money for enabling the data storage system to operate in the second data format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A multi-modal data storage system, comprising:
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a processor for enabling a data storage system to operate in a first of at least two modes, the first of the modes being different than a second of the modes, wherein the first mode includes operation in a first format and the second mode includes operation in a second format, and wherein the data storage system is allowed to operate in the second of the modes only upon at least one of installation of additional computer instructions and receiving a key. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for enabling different modes on a multi-modal data storage system, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to enable a data storage system to operate in a first of at least two modes, the first of the modes being different than a second of the modes, wherein the first mode includes operation in a first format and the second mode includes operation in a second format, and computer usable program code configured to allow the data storage system to operate in the second of the modes only upon at least one of installation of additional computer instructions and receiving a key. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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