Patents by Inventor Nils Mia Haustein

Nils Mia Haustein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Balancing of data tape cartridges in tape libraries with pass-through mechanism
    Patent number: 7672754
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for balancing data tape cartridge utilization in an automated tape library system identifies a current number of data tape cartridge mounts per library string and identifies a target number mounts per the library string to identify a difference between the target number and the current number as a delta number of data tape cartridges to move. The number of data tape cartridge mounts per data tape cartridge per library string is identified and a data tape cartridge to move is selected by identifying a unique identifier of the data tape cartridge with the highest number of mounts, and having a lowest number of moves, to form a selected data tape cartridge, and creates a move request for the selected data tape cartridge. The move request is sent to the automated tape library for execution, and a move counter for each data tape cartridge moved is incremented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Mia Haustein, Rainer Wolafka