SINGLE DATA BAND DATA STORAGE

Organization Name

international business machines corporation

Inventor(s)

SINGLE DATA BAND DATA STORAGE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250149062 titled 'SINGLE DATA BAND DATA STORAGE

Original Abstract Submitted

provided are a computer program product, device, system, and method for single data band data storage. in one embodiment, a tape head module has an array of four servo transducer elements for each servo band of a tape and an array of reader/writer transducer elements extending over most of the width of the tape. in another embodiment, a data storage tape has a top servo band positioned adjacent a top edge guard band of the tape, a bottom servo band positioned adjacent a bottom edge guard band of the tape, and a single data band positioned between the top and bottom servo bands and configured to receive tracks of data written by a tape head wherein the single data band width extends over most of the tape width.