Initialise To retension and read or write header blocks before a data cartridge is used. This location is physically marked by the location of a punched hole. It has twice the capacity of the earlier FM method but is slower than the competing RLL scheme. Native Capacity Capacity for data that has not been processed to reduce the effective size or volume. Also called uncompressed capacity.
Higher numbers equate with higher packing density and increased capacity.
See also Coercivity. Off Track Retry Method of improving data recovery under error conditions. It is often possible to recover a data error by moving the head slightly off the track centre and re-reading the block. The condition occurring when the rate at which data is read from tape exceeds the rate at which the host system can transfer data from the tape drive controller. When the buffer is full, the tape drive must stop reading, empty the buffer, reposition the read head with respect to the last data read, and resume reading.