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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;

Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;

Martin Petermann, Zürich, CH;

Ilias Iliadis, Rueschlikon, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1202 (2013.01); G11B 5/00817 (2013.01); G11B 20/1833 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a computer program product, device, system, and method for write data management. In one embodiment, a write management controller calculates an order for writing data and parity blocks of write data code words on tape media in a variable interleaved fashion which ensures a minimum physical longitudinal separation along the length of tape between data and parity blocks of the same code word. The calculated write order information may be provided back to a host or other data source so that the write data is eventually transmitted to the tape drive for writing on tape media in accordance with the calculated write order. In this manner, a minimum physical longitudinal separation along the length of tape between data and parity blocks of the same code word may be achieved to increase the reliability of the data storage.


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