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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2021
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Turguy Goker, Oceanside, CA (US);
Hoa Le, Orange, CA (US);
Suayb Arslan, Sariyer/Istanbul, TR;
Louie Almero, Cerritos, CA (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for ensuring data quality integrity on a magnetic tape includes the steps of writing object data to the magnetic tape; dividing the object data into a plurality of data chunks; generating a hash tree from the plurality of data chunks, the hash tree being formed in a plurality of levels, the hash tree including (i) a plurality of chunk hashes wherein a separate chunk hash is generated for each of the plurality of data chunks, and (ii) at least one second level hash that is generated from concatenation of at least two of the plurality of chunk hashes; and checking integrity of a first data chunk of the plurality of data chunks by evaluating at least one of the plurality of chunk hashes and the at least one second level hash.