APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA ON A TAPE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a write unit configured for writing first data accumulated in a buffer on a tape medium in a first position extending over a first track and an area adjacent to the first track, writing second data accumulated in the buffer on the tape medium in a second position extending over a second track and an area adjacent to the second track, and writing the first data and the second data in a third position extending over a third track and an area adjacent to the third track; and
a processing unit configured for preventing the first data written in the first position by the write unit from being overwritten with the second data written in the second position by the write unit or with the first data written in the third position by the write unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for writing data accumulated in a buffer on a tape medium in such a way that overwriting is prevented. The apparatus comprises a write unit configured for writing first data in a first position extending over a first track and an area adjacent to the first track, writing second data in a second position extending over a second track and an area adjacent to the second track, and writing the first data and the second data in a third position extending over a third track and an area adjacent to the third track. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a processing unit configured for preventing the first data written in the first position from being overwritten with the second data written in the second position or with the first data written in the third position.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a write unit configured for writing first data accumulated in a buffer on a tape medium in a first position extending over a first track and an area adjacent to the first track, writing second data accumulated in the buffer on the tape medium in a second position extending over a second track and an area adjacent to the second track, and writing the first data and the second data in a third position extending over a third track and an area adjacent to the third track; and a processing unit configured for preventing the first data written in the first position by the write unit from being overwritten with the second data written in the second position by the write unit or with the first data written in the third position by the write unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured for acquiring data to be written on a tape medium, wherein the tape medium comprises; a first track for writing data without causing a back hitch in a first direction; a second track for writing data without causing a back hitch in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a third track for writing data in the first direction, the third track being adjacent to the first track and on a side opposite to the second track; a fourth track for writing data in the second direction, the fourth track being used subsequent to the third track and being adjacent to the second track and on a side opposite to the first track; and a center area interposed between the first track and the second track; a positioning unit configured for positioning a write head at a first position extending over the first track and the center area and subsequently positioning the write head at a second position extending over the second track and the fourth track; and a write unit configured for writing the data acquired by the acquisition unit at the first position and subsequently at the second position by outputting the data to the write head.
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11. A method comprising:
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writing first data accumulated in a buffer on a tape medium in a first position extending over a first track and an area adjacent to the first track; writing second data accumulated in the buffer on the tape medium in a second position extending over a second track and an area adjacent to the second track; and writing the first data and the second data in a third position extending over a third track and an area adjacent to the third track; and preventing the first data written in the first position from being overwritten with the second data written in the second position or with the first data written in the third position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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