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John G. McCarthy
Researcher at Hewlett-Packard
Publications - 6
Citations - 250
John G. McCarthy is an academic researcher from Hewlett-Packard. The author has contributed to research in topics: Host (network) & Stub file. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications receiving 250 citations.
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Transparent peripheral file systems with on-board compression, decompression, and space management
TL;DR: The Character To File Translator (CFX) as mentioned in this paper allows a TPFS to emulate raw mode access, even if the host system is not equipped with a vnode file operation interface.
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Cartridge drive diagnostic tools
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of diagnosing an error in a cartridge drive, comprises detecting an occurrence of a defined event in a Cartridge drive, in response to the defined event, initiating an analysis routine of at least one event log from the cartridge drive and invoking an intervention routine when the analysis indicates that the defined events represents a failure threat.
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Switching firmware images in storage systems
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present methods, apparatus, and systems for switching firmware images in storage systems, such as transferring a new firmware image to a secondary storage location in an automated storage system while the automated system is online to execute a data backup application.
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Method and apparatus for managing device reservation
TL;DR: In this paper, a device command from a first host is reserved for the first host and a reservation time period for expiration of the reservation status is set, and a device targeted by the command is set.
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Storage library with removable media
Curtis C. Ballard,John G. McCarthy,Steven Maddocks,Stanley S. Feathers,Michael Banther,Andrew Topham +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present methods, apparatus, and systems for managing a storage library with removable media, including the identification of host computers attempting to access a tape drive in a tape library, and determining, from input at the administrative console, access rights for each of the host computers attempted to access the tape drive.