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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shinobu Fujihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes storing data received from at least two data sources in a buffer, writing the data from the at least two data sources to regions in a first wrap of a tape on a data-source basis in a first predetermined order, the regions in the first wrap being previously allocated to the at least two data sources, moving a head to a second wrap of the tape when an end of the first wrap of the tape is reached, and writing the data from the at least two data sources to regions in the second wrap in a second predetermined order, the second predetermined order being a reverse order relative to the first predetermined order, the regions in the second wrap being previously allocated to the at least two data sources. The first and second wraps have first and second predetermined lengths, respectively.
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