Improving Productivity by Implementing a Tape Workstation Environment
Abstract
A tape library can operate at one of three levels of efficiency: the standard environment, the working tape library, and the workstation. This chapter discusses the tape library in terms of the middle level of efficiency and the highest level of efficiency scenarios. The emphasis is on minimizing nonproductive activities so that the tape operations environment becomes a highly tuned process. Many support tasks affect the time required mounting a tape; the chapter outlines a method to improve productivity by tuning tape operations. Aside from the benefit of minimizing the walking distance required to mount a tape, other benefits are obtained from implementing a tape workstation environment. Implementation of tape workstations can overcome the degraded efficiency resulting from consistent annual growth of the tape library. The workstation environment divides a consolidated media and hardware operation into distinct entities, each functioning as an independent tape operation with separate media and hardware resources.
Recommended Citation
D. F. Schulte and G. W. Zobrist, "Improving Productivity by Implementing a Tape Workstation Environment," Handbook of Data Center Management, Second Edition, pp. 201 - 210, Taylor and Francis Group; Taylor and Francis, Jan 2017.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203712726-20
Department(s)
Computer Science
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-135136336-5;978-113850574-2
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 Taylor and Francis Group; Taylor and Francis, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2017
