Patent ID: 7218468

Claim:
A recording system for a magnetic tape drive, said magnetic tape drive having at least one motor configured to move a magnetic tape longitudinally, having at least one read/write head configured to read from and to write to said magnetic tape while said magnetic tape is moved longitudinally by said at least one motor, and having an interface configured to receive data to be written to said magnetic tape, said recording system comprising: at least one buffer configured to store data received at said interface to be written to said magnetic tape, said data in the form of transactions; at least one recording channel configured to operate said at least one read/write head to write transactions from said at least one buffer to said magnetic tape; and a controller configured to operate said at least one buffer, said at least one motor, and said at least one recording channel: to write a plurality of said received transactions from said at least one buffer to said magnetic tape as separate transactions without backhitching between adjacent said separate transactions; upon separately writing each said received transaction from said at least one buffer to said magnetic tape, to accumulate said received transaction in said at least one buffer; and to subsequently recursively write said accumulated transactions from said at least one buffer to said magnetic tape in a sequence.