Abstract: A tool for tape library hierarchical storage management. The tool determines there is available tape capacity on a tape cartridge mounted to a tape drive to migrate data from a migration queue during recall operations. The tool sends a locate end of data (EOD) command to the tape drive. The tool determines the migration queue is within a longitudinal position (LPOS) range. The tool writes data from the migration queue to the tape cartridge within the LPOS range.

Abstract: A recognition device includes a data extraction unit, a recognition unit, and a ratio estimation unit. The data extraction unit acquires related information related to a target in a recognition target image which is a post-image obtained through photographing before and after treatment on a container that stores the target, and extracts recognition target data which is a combination of the recognition target image and the related information The recognition unit accepts the recognition target data as an input to a model learned in advance and outputs a recognition result obtained by recognizing an area where at least the container, the target, and a portion other than the target are divided by an output of the model. The ratio estimation unit estimates a ratio of the target in the recognition target image based on the recognition result and an area ratio in a pre-stored pre-image obtained through the photographing before and after the treatment.

Abstract: A sonic inspection device of an embodiment includes: a sonic probe including a transducer configured to execute at least one of transmission and reception of a sound wave; and a contact member including: a first sheet-like member containing an elastomer and having a first surface that comes into contact with a sonic function surface of the sonic probe directly or with an intermediate member therebetween and a second surface opposite the first surface; and a second sheet-like member having a plurality of openings and provided in contact with the second surface of the first sheet-like member. The second sheet-like member includes a high-hardness member provided in at least a part in contact with the second surface and containing at least one selected from a polymer, a metal member, and a ceramic member higher in Young's modulus at room temperature than the first sheet-like member.

Abstract: In one general embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a data storage device that performs data operations on magnetic media, a command indicating a read range of records to read. A determination is made as to whether one or more of the records within the read range is expected to cause an error. In response to determining that one or more of the records within the read range is known to cause an error, an indication indicative of the record known to cause the error is returned.

Abstract: A demand prediction device predicts the number of visits based on a number-of-visits prediction model used to predict the number of visits and factor information regarding a factor influencing the number of sales, predicts a ratio based on a ratio prediction model used to predict a ratio of the number of sales to the number of visits, and the factor information and predicts the number of sales of the commodity based on the predicted number of visits and the predicted ratio.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including a dielectric layer and an inner electrode layer alternately laminated, an outer electrode layer on each of two end surfaces at both ends in a length direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the multilayer body and covering end surface sides of two main surfaces at both ends in the lamination direction and end surface sides of two side surfaces in the width direction and including a base electrode layer connected to the inner electrode layer, and a bump on each of the two end surface sides to hold therebetween the base electrode layer, covering the main surface side, and including a resin and a metal. In each bump, an end surface-side portion near the end surface on the side where the bump is located, projects more than a central portion of the bump toward an outside in the lamination direction.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for altering a current position in a Data Partition of a tape at which the tape transitions to a DATA_FULL state is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes determining a size of a last Index appended to the Data Partition of the tape. The computer-implemented method further includes altering, based on the size of the last Index appended to the Data Partition of the tape, the current position in the Data Partition of the tape at which the tape transitions to DATA_FULL state to a new position in the DATA Partition of the tape at which the tape transitions to the DATA_FULL state, wherein the DATA_FULL state is a state on the tape in which only metadata write operations are permitted in the Data Partition.

Abstract: A sonic inspection device according to an embodiment includes: a sonic probe that includes a transducer configured to perform at least one of transmitting a sound wave and receiving a sound wave and has a sonic function surface constituting at least one of a transmitting surface of the sound wave and a receiving surface of the sound wave; a contact member that includes a couplant and a sheet-shaped member, the couplant having a first surface, which is in contact with the sonic function surface of the sonic probe directly or while interposing an intermediate member, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, and containing an elastomer, and the sheet-shaped member laminated with the couplant to be in contact with the second surface and containing a polymer; and a loading mechanism configured to apply a load to the contact member.

Abstract: A sonic inspection device of an embodiment includes: a sonic probe having a sonic function surface; a couplant including an elastomer and a sheet member containing a polymer and having a plurality of openings, the elastomer having a first surface that comes into contact with the sonic function surface of the sonic probe directly or through an intermediate member and a second surface opposite the first surface, and the sheet member being stacked with the elastomer while in contact with the second surface; a holder that holds the couplant to attach the couplant to the sonic probe and to which the sheet member is partly fixed while the sheet member is at least partly located at an outermost surface under no load condition or under loaded condition; and a loading mechanism that applies a load to the sonic probe.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, including a compound represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or the like, and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom.

Abstract: Described are techniques for a tape unmounting protocol. The techniques include selecting a tape for unmounting from a plurality of tape drives, where the tape for unmounting includes a remaining capacity below a first threshold and a number of migrated files below a second threshold. The techniques further include unmounting the tape for unmounting from a tape drive.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes executing a read-ahead operation by reading data from a tape according to a read plan and storing said data in a ring buffer, determining whether the ring buffer is full, receiving a command indicating an area to be read according to the read plan, and, responsive to receiving the command, reading data from an area of the list of areas to be read corresponding to the command from the ring buffer. The method may further include executing additional read-ahead operations until the ring buffer is full. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: In an approach to improve magnetic tape file systems through tape-to-tape copying between nodes on a Linear Tape File System using a cluster-wide named pipe. Embodiments transfer data between a first node and a second node. Additionally, both the first node and the second node implement a parallel shared-disk file system through a data path for node data reading and writing from a shared-disk and to the shared-disk. Further, to transfer data between the first node and the second node, embodiments, write, by the first node, the data for tape-to-tape copy from a first tape drive to the shared-disk, and write, by the second node, the data written from the shared-disk to a second tape drive.

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving a list of areas on a subject tape to be read, wherein each area of the list of areas is indicated by a first record number and a last record number corresponding to the area, identifying parameters of a tape drive configured to read the subject tape, wherein the identified parameters of the tape drive contribute to a speed with which the tape drive can read the list of areas, creating a directed graph of the areas on the subject tape based on the identified parameters, wherein the directed graph indicates how long the tape drive will take to read the areas on the subject tape, and determining a fastest reading order of the areas on the subject tape, based, at least in part, on the directed graph and the identified parameters. A computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for unoptimized tape drive read detection is disclosed. The computer-implemented includes determining whether a read order of a trio of related files is consistent with an order in which the trio of related files are stored on a magnetic tape media. The computer-implemented method further includes generating an unoptimized tape drive read warning in response to determining that the read order of the trio of related files is inconsistent with the order in which the trio of related files are stored on the magnetic tape media.

Abstract: A copy operation is received. The copy operation is of one or more files stored on a linear tape file system. The copy operation is performed in a plurality of units of extents of the one or more files.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first ultrasonic wave, a receiver on which the first ultrasonic wave is incident, and a receiving-side waveguide located between the receiver and an inspection position. The receiver is configured to output a signal corresponding to the incident first ultrasonic wave. The inspection position is between the transmitter and the receiver. The first ultrasonic wave passes through the receiving-side waveguide. An inspection object passes through the inspection position along a second direction crossing a first direction. The first direction is from the transmitter toward the receiver. The receiving-side waveguide includes at least one of a first structure or a second structure. In the first structure, the receiving-side waveguide includes a tubular member and an inner member. The inner member is located inside the tubular member. In the second structure, the receiving-side waveguide includes a tubular member.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one approach includes copying data stored on a Linear Tape File System (LTFS)-based storage system to blocks of a Random Access Nonvolatile Memory (RANVM) drive. The data is copied in units of the blocks of the drive. The method further includes constructing file metadata so that the copied data on the drive is accessible as one or more files. A computer program product according to another approach includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform the foregoing method. A system according to another approach includes a processor, and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to perform the foregoing method.