Method for locating data tracks on a tape media
AssigneeQuantum Corporation
InventorsJames Zweighaft, Clark Milo Janssen
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Abstract
According to the present method a plurality of vertically adjacent reference tracks corresponding to a plurality of vertically adjacent data tracks are written to the tape media so that each data track includes a dedicated reference track that is used to locate that data track. To locate a desired data track, the tape head assembly is used to locate a boundary between a reference track corresponding to a desired data track and an adjacent reference track. Using the boundary as a reference point, the tape head assembly is aligned with the desired reference track and the tape media wound through the tape path to read or right data to the corresponding track.
Claims5
A method of locating a position of a desired data track on a tape media, comprising the steps of:
- writing a plurality of vertically adjacent reference tracks and a plurality of data tracks horizontally adjacent to the plurality of vertically adjacent reference tracks;
- winding the tape media past a tape head assembly;
- responsive to winding the tape media, locating a boundary between an individual reference track and an adjacent individual reference track;
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- using the boundary between the individual reference track and the adjacent individual reference track to locate the position of the desired data track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.