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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Inventors:
Carl T Madison, Windsor, CO (US);
Timothy C Ostwald, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/003 (2006.01); G11B 15/18 (2006.01); G11B 21/04 (2006.01); G11B 15/61 (2006.01); G11B 5/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/1833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for data storage and retrieval include a rotational head carriage unit having a plurality of heads. A tape drive unit moves a tape media length-wise across the head carriage unit while the head carriage unit rotates. The tape drive unit is adapted to use a tape comprising multiple recordable layers. The heads are adapted to read data from or write data to one recordable layer while rotating toward one edge of the tape media, and read data from or write data to another recordable layer while rotating toward the other edge of the tape media.