Systems and methods for uniquely identifying removable media by its manufacturing defects wherein defects includes bad memory or redundant cells or both
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1. A method of generating identifiers for storage devices, the method comprising:
- automatically scanning a data storage device to identify certain manufacturing defects;
identifying characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects,wherein the characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects are substantially unique to the storage device; and
automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, whereinthe storage device is a magnetic disk drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad sectors or portions on the magnetic disk drive, orthe storage device is a semiconductor memory drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad memory cells, enabled redundant memory cells, or both.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining media to be exported out of a media library is described. In some examples, the system determines a media component to be exported, determines the media component is in the media library for a specific process, and exports the media component after the process is completed.
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1. A method of generating identifiers for storage devices, the method comprising:
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automatically scanning a data storage device to identify certain manufacturing defects; identifying characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, wherein the characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects are substantially unique to the storage device; and automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, wherein the storage device is a magnetic disk drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad sectors or portions on the magnetic disk drive, or the storage device is a semiconductor memory drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad memory cells, enabled redundant memory cells, or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for generating identifiers for storage devices, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions to be executed by the at least one processor to perform the process of— automatically scanning a data storage device to identify certain manufacturing defects; identifying characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, wherein the characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects have a particular number, location or number and location, and wherein the characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects are substantially unique to the storage device; automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for generating identifiers for storage devices, comprising:
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automatically scanning a data storage device to identify certain manufacturing defects; identifying characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, wherein the characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects are substantially unique to the storage device; and automatically generating an identifier for the storage device based on the identified characteristics associated with the manufacturing defects, wherein the storage device is a magnetic disk drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad sectors or portions on the magnetic disk drive, or the storage device is a semiconductor memory drive, and the identifying comprises identifying bad memory cells, enabled redundant memory cells, or both.
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