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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Takashi Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Yuhko Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Masakatsu Murata, Nagaizumi, JP;
Hirokazu Nakayama, Fujisawa, JP;
Yutaka Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Yuhko Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Masakatsu Murata, Nagaizumi, JP;
Hirokazu Nakayama, Fujisawa, JP;
Yutaka Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first data group in an access sequence is selected based on which data group in the data groups has a beginning closest to a current position of the tape medium. Those data groups located in specified regions of the tape medium are separated from other data groups located in alternative specified regions of the tape medium. The distance from the current position of the tape medium is set to be a logical distance value, determined by a calculation function, that is substituted for the physical distance value for the data groups that are located in the specified regions as compared with other data groups located in the alternative specified regions. A second data group in the access sequence is selected based on which remaining data group in the data groups has a beginning closest to an end of the first data group in the access sequence.