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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kevin D. Butt, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paul M. Greco, Tucson, AZ (US);
Takashi Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Yuhko Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 5/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G06F 5/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0682 (2013.01); G06F 5/06 (2013.01); G06F 5/10 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments for improving tape drive efficiency using a processor device are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises aggregating one of records and filemarks, the aggregating restricted to being performed only on read operations, from a plurality of data segments into at least one single data segment, including sequentially aggregating the one of the records and filemarks into the at least one single data segment.