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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
David H. Harper, Vail, AZ (US);
Robert A. Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Peter V. Koeppe, San Diego, CA (US);
Johnny L. Teale, Tucson, AZ (US);
David H. Harper, Vail, AZ (US);
Robert A. Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Peter V. Koeppe, San Diego, CA (US);
Johnny L. Teale, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for performing data write and data read operations on a tape storage medium. A dual head/tape actuator assembly, comprising two head/tape actuator assemblies, is implemented to perform data write and data read operations on a tape medium. Each of the head/tape actuator assemblies comprises a set of data writer elements and a set of data reader elements. During data write operations, the data writer elements on one head/tape actuator assembly are used to write data to a tape medium and the data reader elements on the other head/tape actuator assembly are used to read the data from the tape medium. During read operations, half of the data readers on one head/tape actuator assembly are used to read data from half of the written data tracks on the tape medium and half of the data readers on the other head/tape actuator assembly are used to read the other half of the written tracks.