US 12,148,457 B1
Magnetic tape reuse across products
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US); David Lee Swanson, Tucson, AZ (US); Kevin Bruce Judd, Tucson, AZ (US); and Jason Liang, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,776.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/588 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/588 (2013.01) [G11B 5/00813 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
writing, by a tape drive, data tracks to a data band of a magnetic tape having servo bands flanking the data band, the writing being performed using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape,
wherein an effective pitch of servo readers of the magnetic head used simultaneously during the writing matches a servo reader pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape,
wherein an average effective pitch of write transducers of the magnetic head is greater than a data track pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape.