Increasing data storage capacity by reducing index entries
First Claim
1. A tape drive-implemented method, comprising:
- in response to detecting a first lapse of a predetermined amount of time, adjusting a position of a tape head in the tape drive relative to a magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at an accumulating backhitchless flush (ABF) wrap on the magnetic tape;
writing a first index in the ABF wrap, wherein the first index corresponds to data written in a data partition on the magnetic tape, wherein the ABF wrap and the data partition are different partitions;
in response to writing the first index in the ABF wrap, adjusting the position of the tape head relative to the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at the data partition; and
appending a first empty index to an end of the data written in the data partition, wherein a size of the first empty index is less than a size of the first index.
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Abstract
A tape method, according to one embodiment, includes: adjusting a position of a tape head in the tape drive relative to a magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at an accumulating backhitchless flush (ABF) wrap on the magnetic tape. A first index is also written in the ABF wrap. The first index corresponds to data written in a data partition on the magnetic tape, and the ABF wrap and the data partition are different partitions. Furthermore, in response to writing the first index in the ABF wrap, the position of the tape head is adjusted relative to the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at the data partition. A first empty index is also appended to an end of the data written in the data partition, where a size of the first empty index is less than a size of the first index.
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20 Claims
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1. A tape drive-implemented method, comprising:
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in response to detecting a first lapse of a predetermined amount of time, adjusting a position of a tape head in the tape drive relative to a magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at an accumulating backhitchless flush (ABF) wrap on the magnetic tape; writing a first index in the ABF wrap, wherein the first index corresponds to data written in a data partition on the magnetic tape, wherein the ABF wrap and the data partition are different partitions; in response to writing the first index in the ABF wrap, adjusting the position of the tape head relative to the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at the data partition; and appending a first empty index to an end of the data written in the data partition, wherein a size of the first empty index is less than a size of the first index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
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in response to detecting a first lapse of a predetermined amount of time, adjust, by the processor, a position of a tape head in a tape drive relative to a magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at an accumulating backhitchless flush (ABF) wrap on the magnetic tape; write, by the processor, a first index in the ABF wrap, wherein the first index corresponds to data written in a data partition on the magnetic tape, wherein the ABF wrap and the data partition are different partitions; in response to writing the first index in the ABF wrap, adjust, by the processor, the position of the tape head relative to the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at the data partition; and append, by the processor, a first empty index to an end of the data written in the data partition, wherein a size of the first empty index is less than a size of the first index. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a tape drive; a processor; and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to; in response to detecting a first lapse of a predetermined amount of time, adjust, by the processor, a position of a tape head in a tape drive relative to a magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at an accumulating backhitchless flush (ABF) wrap on the magnetic tape; write, by the processor, a first index in the ABF wrap, wherein the first index corresponds to data written in a data partition on the magnetic tape, wherein the ABF wrap and the data partition are different partitions; in response to writing the first index in the ABF wrap, adjust, by the processor, the position of the tape head relative to the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned at the data partition; and append, by the processor, a first empty index to an end of the data written in the data partition, wherein a size of the first empty index is less than a size of the first index. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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