An information processing device selects, in a case where a plurality of pieces of data are collected and transmitted to a tape drive to be recorded on a magnetic tape, one mode of a first mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data without compression, to the tape drive, a second mode of transmitting a compressed data group in which the data group obtained by collecting the plurality of pieces of data is compressed, to the tape drive, or a third mode of transmitting a data group obtained by collecting a part of the plurality of pieces of data and remaining data, in which the part of the plurality of pieces of data is compressed and the remaining data is not compressed, to the tape drive, and transmits a data group generated in accordance with the selected mode, to the tape drive.

An information processing device performs control to record identification information of at least a part of a plurality of magnetic tapes belonging to a magnetic tape pool, on the plurality of magnetic tapes or on a recording medium except for the magnetic tapes that is provided in a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges including the plurality of magnetic tapes, respectively.

A transfer device is a transfer device that distributes and transfers a plurality of pieces of data to a plurality of information processing devices that perform control to record data on a magnetic tape, in which the transfer device transfers data to the plurality of information processing devices such that the number of pieces of data is leveled between the plurality of information processing devices, and transfers a plurality of pieces of data of which a value indicating a probability that a plurality of pieces of data are read within a predetermined period is a threshold value or greater, to the same information processing device.

An information processing device performs control to record, out of a plurality of pieces of data to be recorded on a plurality of magnetic tapes, a data group in which a value corresponding to a size of a data group for which a storage period is within a predetermined range is equal to or more than a threshold value and a data group in which the value is less than the threshold value, on magnetic tapes different from each other.

An information processing device performs, in a case where, out of a plurality of magnetic tapes on which data is multiplexed and recorded, the number of the magnetic tapes which is equal to or more than a predetermined number of multiplexes are stored in a storage unit, first control to handle each magnetic tape stored in the storage unit, to be readable and writable, and performs, in a case where the number of the magnetic tapes which is less than the number of multiplexes are stored in the storage unit, second control to handle the magnetic tape stored in the storage unit, to be read-only.

An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of data having any one of a plurality of different attribute values, and performs control of recording the plurality of pieces of data in a magnetic tape in a contiguous sequence of pieces of data having one of different attribute values or data groups having different attribute values.

An information processing device performs control to record deletion information indicating that an object with a designated object ID has been deleted, on a recording medium, in a case where a specific object ID is designated and an instruction to delete the object is input, for a magnetic tape on which an object that includes data and metadata related to the data and that is assigned an object ID as identification information is recorded, the object being assigned an object ID in a case where the object is updated different from an object ID of the object before the update.

An information processing apparatus performs, in a case where an object including at least one of data or metadata related to the data is recorded in a magnetic tape, control of reading one or more object groups and one or more metadata groups recorded in the magnetic tape including a first partition in which one or more objects are to be recorded and a second partition in which pieces of the metadata are to be recorded, and determines, in a case of recording the object groups in the first partition of a certain magnetic tape of a plurality of magnetic tapes different from the magnetic tape and recording the metadata groups in the second partition of the certain magnetic tape, for a set of the one or more object groups and the one or more metadata groups, a magnetic tape as a recording destination of the object groups and the metadata groups, from the plurality of magnetic tapes, according to a ratio between a size of the object groups and a size of the metadata groups.

A method includes receiving a humidity level in a tape library and determining whether the humidity level is in a predefined range indicative of safe operation. In response to determining that the humidity level is in the predefined range, the method includes allowing performance of operations on magnetic recording tapes. In response to determining that the humidity level is not in the predefined range, the method includes preventing performance of the operations on magnetic recording tapes. A drive-implemented method includes detecting a humidity level within a housing of a tape drive and determining whether the humidity level is in a predefined range indicative of safe operation.

A data storage library system includes a data storage library, at least one environmental conditioning unit, at least one data storage drive retained within the data storage library, and at least one access door for providing access to an interior portion of the data storage library. The system also includes a library controller, wherein the library controller is configured to initiate a service mode prior to and during a service procedure performed within the data storage library, and further wherein at least one operational state within the at least one data storage drive is changed during the service mode. The change in the at least one operational state may be, for example, an increase in temperature within the at least one data storage drive, or the insertion of a data storage cartridge into the at least one data storage drive during the service mode.