Patent ID: 9632721
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B

Claim:
1. A method for writing data on a tape using a file system, the method comprising: receiving a first write request of a first file; obtaining, by one or more processors, data of the first file; writing, by one or more processors, the data of the first file on a tape; receiving a second write request of a second file prior to completion of writing the data of the first file on the tape; adding, by one or more processors, information about the second file to a first list, wherein the first list includes files waiting to write; subsequent to writing the data of the first file on the tape, obtaining, by one or more processors, data of the second file based on the first list; and writing, by one or more processors, the data of the second file after the first file on the tape.