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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shinobu Fujihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Oishi, Kanagawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tape recording apparatus according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head and a controller coupled to the magnetic head. The tape recording apparatus is configured to: write data on a tape medium in a direction from a first end toward a second end of the tape medium using the magnetic head; and wrap-turn a running direction of the tape medium before reaching the second end and write a first portion of data remaining to be written when the data remaining to be written is smaller than a volume of the data to be written in one running of the tape medium so that an end of the data is written at a position close to the first end, and write a second portion of data remaining to be written toward the first end.