Overland Assigned Patent

Tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention

Overland Storage, Inc., San Diego, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,291,160) developed by Victoria Gonzalez, Escondido, CA, and Sergio Encarnacao, San Diego, for a "tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disk based emulation of tape libraries is provided with features that allow easier management and administration of a backup system and also allow increased flexibility to both archive data on tape at a remote location and also have fast restore access to archived data files. Features include automatic emulation of physical libraries, and the retention and write protection of virtual tapes that correspond to exported physical tapes."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2006 (11/356,726).