The utilization of a level of a data storage hierarchy is monitored and the data in such level is manipulated in response thereto. In a data storage hierarchy including an automated storage library, the utilization is a mount rate relative to the maximum possible mount rate. When the combined utilization...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5423018?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5423018 - Queue time reduction in a data storage hierarchy using volume mount rate
Queue time reduction in a data storage hierarchy using volume mount rate