DATA FILE INFORMATION BASED SELECTION OF TAPE DRIVE TAPE SPEED
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1. A tape drive system comprising:
- a reel motor;
a reel adapted to carry a tape and be driven by the reel motor; and
a microprocessor configured to predict whether a size of a data file to be written to the tape is less than a predetermined threshold size and to operate the reel motor at a speed that depends on whether the size of the data file to be written to the tape is less than the predetermined threshold size.
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Abstract
A microprocessor of a tape drive may identify a pattern associated with data files previously written to tape, predict information about a next data file to be written to the tape based on the pattern, select a tape rate based on the predicted information, and operate the tape drive at the selected tape rate.
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1. A tape drive system comprising:
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a reel motor; a reel adapted to carry a tape and be driven by the reel motor; and a microprocessor configured to predict whether a size of a data file to be written to the tape is less than a predetermined threshold size and to operate the reel motor at a speed that depends on whether the size of the data file to be written to the tape is less than the predetermined threshold size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tape drive system comprising:
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a reel motor; a reel adapted to carry a tape and be driven by the reel motor; and a microprocessor configured to predict a type of data file to be written to the tape and to operate the reel motor at a speed that depends on the predicted type of data file. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling a tape drive comprising:
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identifying a pattern associated with data files previously written to tape; predicting information about a next data file to be written to the tape based on the pattern; selecting a tape rate based on the predicted information; and operating the tape drive at the selected tape rate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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