ADIC Server - Manual (Page 211)

Terms A-11
21 Dec 2001
Drive A device used to read and write data on a
medium.
eject The physical action of removing a medium from
an archive. For a robotic archive, the medium is
robotically moved to the unload port for removal
by the operator.
Eject area The logical location within the I/O unit that
accepts ejected media.
Ethernet
Interface standard defined by IEEE Standard 802.3
File An individual collection of related data (e.g.; a
letter, a table, a digitized photograph).
Foreign (non-
system) media Cartridges not listed with a volser in the archive
catalog. They are processed by the DAS system via
the I/O unit.
ID Identifier. In DAS the ID is usually referring to the
volser, which is the identifier for a volume.
insert
The action of physically entering a medium into
an archive. For a robotic archive, the operator
places the medium in the archive's load port from
which the robot places the medium in the assigned
bin.
Insert area Logical location within the I/O unit that accepts
inserted media.
I/O unit A mechanical device into which an operator places
media which are to be entered or removed from a
robotic archive.
inventory A physical action by the archive’s robot to
determine the storage contents of the AML.
Media More than one medium.
Medium A storage object that, when mounted in a drive/
recorder/reproducer, is available for read and
write operations, but also for clean. Types include
magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical tape, and
optical disk, cleaning tape.
mount The robotic action to move media from storage to a
drive.