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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Arnon Amir, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Pease, San Jose, CA (US);
Rainer Richter, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arnon Amir, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Pease, San Jose, CA (US);
Rainer Richter, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 5/78 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11B 27/032 (2006.01); G11B 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0682 (2013.01); G11B 27/032 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for writing data to a magnetic recording tape includes writing a plurality of files to a first partition of a magnetic recording tape using a tape drive, and writing an index to a second partition of the magnetic recording tape using the tape drive, the index including information about locations of data of the plurality of files in the first partition of the magnetic recording tape.