Abstract: One or more embodiments provide a virtual environment that enables users to have their own personalized avatars (including the use of representations of users' own faces). In this virtual environment, users can play a virtual sports game where the drafting of the players for the particular virtual sport being played is conducted by a virtual game such as poker, blackjack and other games. A dealer in a virtual environment can deal out “cards” that show the names of the sports players, their teams and up-to-date statistics for each athlete in the particular virtual sport being played to the personalized avatars of players sitting around a virtual casino table.

Abstract: A system includes a utilization calculation module, a performance calculation module, an input module and an output module. The input module to receive a user-selection of tape drives and time ranges over which to calculate utilization data and calculate performance data. The utilization module to calculate utilization data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The performance module to calculate performance data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The output module to generate single data points representing output of utilization data and performance data of the respective selected tape drives, and to analyze the data points to determine whether to highlight the data points in a first user-definable display region representing higher utilization and performance tape drives relative to data points in a second user-definable display region representing lower utilization and performance tape drives.

Abstract: A system includes a utilization calculation module, a performance calculation module, an input module and an output module. The input module to receive a user-selection of tape drives and time ranges over which to calculate utilization data and calculate performance data. The utilization module to calculate utilization data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The performance module to calculate performance data of the selected tape drives over the selected time ranges. The output module to generate single data points representing output of utilization data and performance data of the respective selected tape drives, and to analyze the data points to determine whether to highlight the data points in a first user-definable display region representing higher utilization and performance tape drives relative to data points in a second user-definable display region representing lower utilization and performance tape drives.

Abstract: Storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving addresses for a plurality of device objects in the storage system over an out-of-band path to each of the device objects. The method may also include storing the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system. The method may also include returning the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system over another out-of-band path to an interface manager for the storage system.

Abstract: Storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving addresses for a plurality of device objects in the storage system over an out-of-band path to each of the device objects. The method may also include storing the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system. The method may also include returning the addresses for the plurality of device objects in the storage system over another out-of-band path to an interface manager for the storage system.

Abstract: A resolve agent for providing requested file mapping information for a file on a storage device. The agent comprises an application programming interface through which file identifying information is provided to the resolve agent and the requested file mapping information provided by the resolve agent; and file system logic configured to ascertain the requested file mapping information from file data structures on the storage device according to a file system that created the file data structure on the storage device.

Abstract: A resolve agent for providing requested file mapping information for a file on a storage device. The agent comprises an application programming interface through which file identifying information is provided to the resolve agent and the requested file mapping information provided by the resolve agent; and file system logic configured to ascertain the requested file mapping information from file data structures on the storage device according to a file system that created the file data structure on the storage device.