Aligned shingled writing for magnetic recording media and media having shingle edge positioned tracks

A method, comprising:

• obtaining a lateral offset from a nominal writing position;
• and
• applying the lateral offset for repositioning a writing position of an array of writers relative to a nominal writing position during writing in a first direction.

A product, comprising:

• a magnetic recording medium;
• and
• data indicative of whether a lateral writing position offset was used while writing.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform a method comprising:

• gathering, by the controller, information about how an array of writers write and/or are expected to write to a magnetic medium during shingled recording;
• and
• computing, by the controller using the gathered information, data describing a lateral writing position to use during writing such that shingled track edges are aligned according to a format.