Patent ID: 9021196
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for writing data onto a tape, comprising: storing data received from at least two data sources in a buffer; writing the data from the at least two data sources to regions in a first wrap of a tape on a data-source basis in a first predetermined order, the first wrap having a first predetermined length, and the regions in the first wrap being previously allocated to the at least two data sources; moving a head to a second wrap of the tape when an end of the first wrap of the tape is reached; and writing the data from the at least two data sources to regions in the second wrap in a second predetermined order, the second predetermined order being a reverse order relative to the first predetermined order, the second wrap having a second predetermined length, and the regions in the second wrap being previously allocated to the at least two data sources.