A high capacity, high performance, small form factor magnetic tape storage system

Author

Doyle, William D.

Author_Institution

Eastman Kodak Co., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

26

Issue

5

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2152

Lastpage

2156

Abstract

A serpentine tape storage system using multichannel linear recording specifically addressing high-data-rate applications has been developed. It is a 5 1/4 in full-height form-factor drive including the controller, with a capacity of 2 GByte, which can be read or written in 11 min at a sustained data rate of 3 Mbyte/s. The system incorporates several significant technological advances, including a new read-while-write thin-film magnetoresistive read inductive write head, a new quarter-inch tape cartridge, and a heavily equalized data channel. A two-dimensional Reed-Solomon code is used to provide an error rate of <10^-14. Write and read equalization are used to achieve excellent phase margins at 80 kb/in

Keywords

magnetic recording; magnetic tapes; 11 min; 2 GB; 3 Mbyte/s; 5.25 in; data rate; error rate; full-height form-factor drive; high capacity; high performance; high-data-rate applications; inductive write head; multichannel linear recording; phase margins; read-while-write thin-film magnetoresistive read; serpentine tape; small form factor magnetic tape storage system; two-dimensional Reed-Solomon code; Error analysis; Image storage; Laboratories; Magnetic heads; Magnetic recording; Magnetic sensors; Magnetoresistance; Reed-Solomon codes; Servomechanisms; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.104652

Filename

104652