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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kousei Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;

Koichi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;

Sosuke Matsui, Higashimurayama, JP;

Yutaka Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;

Takahiro Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/46 (2006.01); G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0682 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for writing data from a table to a tape includes setting a number of partitions on the tape, where the number of partitions is greater than or equal to a number of columns of the table to be written to the tape, and writing data from each column of the table to at least one partition of the tape, the at least one partition including two or more wraps, the data is written from a top of the two or more wraps towards a bottom of the two or more wraps in a direction of a width of the at least one partition. The written data is reciprocated from a beginning of the tape to an end of the tape in a longitudinal direction of the tape such that writing of a last data entry of one column ends at a beginning of the two or more wraps.


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