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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Carl T. Madison, Jr., Windsor, CO (US);
Timothy C. Ostwald, Boulder, CO (US);
Carl T. Madison, Jr., Windsor, CO (US);
Timothy C. Ostwald, Boulder, CO (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage and retrieval system includes a head carriage unit having a working surface and multiple heads disposed at the working surface. The head carriage unit is adapted for rotational motion about an axis oriented substantially normal to the working surface. The system also includes a tape drive unit for moving a tape media past the working surface of the head carriage unit, the tape media having a width approximately equal to a width of the working surface of the head carriage unit. The multiple heads are configured to record multiple data tracks on or retrieve multiple data tracks from the tape media as the head carriage unit rotates while the tape media moves past the working surface of the head carriage unit.