User-mode API for tape libraries
Aram Khalili · 1998
Tape libraries are becoming more commonplace in various installations, whether they are used for automatic backups, archive or on-line storage. This work represents a freely distributable user-mode Clibrary that implements various SCSI commands of the Exabyte EXB-210 unit. 1 Introduction Tape libraries are becoming more and more common in installations where large amounts of data need to be stored but also retrieved often for analysis. Up until recently mass storage systems were used only at scientific facilities but due to the development of new applications such as digital libraries, and electronic commerce the demands for storing enormous amounts of information while at the same time providing efficient access to this information is becoming commonplace. The original project at the Laboratory for Information Systems Technology called for development of a file system that integrates tape libraries with disk storage in a transparent manner. The project has been stopped, but our resul...