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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Atsushi Abe, Tokyo, JP;

Setsuko Masuda, Tokyo, JP;

Yumiko Ohta, Tokyo, JP;

Terue Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1201 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mechanisms for writing a file on a tape medium in a manner that enables high-speed reading are provided. A predetermined format is applied to the medium that divides the medium into a first region of a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction from a region of the medium, and a second region that extends from an end of the first region to a terminal region of the medium in a longitudinal direction and that has a predetermined width with respect to a width of the medium in a transverse direction. Writing a top data portion of a predetermined data amount of the data of the file in the first region and writing data of the file in the second region are performed.


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