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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Tsukahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Matsuo, Nagano, JP;
Katsuo Enohara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Takuya Kurihara, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Murayama, Nagano, JP;
Takaaki Yamato, Nagano, JP;
Toshiaki Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirashima, Nagano, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A tape device includes a tape drive, a storage unit, and a processor. The tape drive is configured to write plural data units in a magnetic tape formed with plural tracks. The storage unit is configured to store information indicating a reversal position set in a middle of the magnetic tape. The processor is configured to instruct the tape drive to start writing of a first data unit in the magnetic tape. The processor is configured to control the tape drive to continue the writing up to an end of the first data unit when a first write area crosses over the reversal position. The first data unit is written in the first write area. The processor is configured to control the tape drive to change a write destination from the first track to a second track after the first data unit is written and to reverse the write direction.