Title :
A high capacity, high performance, small form factor magnetic tape storage system
Author_Institution :
Eastman Kodak Co., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A serpentine tape storage system has been developed using multichannel linear recording. It is the basis for a new product family specifically addressing high-data-rate applications. The first product is a 5.25-in full-height form-factor drive including the controller, with a capacity of 2 GB, which can be read or written in 11 min at a sustained data rate of 3 MB/s. It incorporates several significant technological advances including a read-while-write thin-film magnetoresistive read inductive write head, a new .25-in tape cartridge, and a heavily equalized data channel. A two-dimensional Reed-Solomon code is used to provide an error rate of <10/sup -14/.<>
Keywords :
magnetic tape storage; 0.25 in; 2 GB; 3 MByte/s; 5.25 in; controller; data channel; error rate; form factor magnetic tape storage system; full-height form-factor drive; multichannel linear recording; read-while-write thin-film magnetoresistive read inductive write head; serpentine tape storage system; tape cartridge; two-dimensional Reed-Solomon code; Error analysis; Image storage; Laboratories; Magnetic heads; Magnetic recording; Magnetic sensors; Magnetoresistance; Reed-Solomon codes; Servomechanisms; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Mass Storage Systems, 1990. Crisis in Mass Storage. Digest of Papers., Tenth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2034-X
DOI :
10.1109/MASS.1990.113587
