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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
Richard Allen Gill, Arvada, CO (US);
Richard Allen Gill, Arvada, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for writing data in a tape drive is provided by the present invention. The present invention provides a method for writing data in a tape drive. The invention include allocating a blank area for transpose writing on a magnetic tap and then writing a first group of data sets on the magnetic tape adjacent to the blank area. The tape drive maintains full operating speed during intervals between writing successive data sets, resulting in spaces between the data sets. At a specified interval, the drive repositions the tape writes a transposed data block to the allocated blank area, wherein the transposed data block contains the same content as the first group of data sets. A new blank area for transpose writing is then allocated adjacent to the recently transposed data block.
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