Patent ID: 9502052
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more computer processors, a request to write a data set to a magnetic tape medium, wherein the data set consists of a first portion and a second portion; writing, by the one or more computer processors, the first portion of the data set in a first write direction of the magnetic tape medium; responsive to determining that a tape wrap in the first write direction is complete, writing, by the one or more computer processors, the second portion of the data set in an opposite write direction of the magnetic tape medium, whereby at the completion of the tape wrap in the first write direction, the current write direction is changed to the opposite write direction; writing, by the one or more computer processors, the first portion of the data set in the opposite write direction; and responsive to determining that a tape wrap in the opposite write direction is complete, writing, by the one or more computer processors, the second portion of the data set in the first write direction, whereby at the completion of the tape wrap in the opposite write direction, the current write direction is changed to the first write direction, and whereby all portions of the entire data set are written in the first write direction and all portions of the entire data set are written in the opposite write direction.