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Disk { Tape Joins : Synchronizing Disk and Tape

Today large amounts of data are stored on tertiary storage media such as magnetic tapes and optical disks. DBMSs typically operate only on magnetic disks since they know how to maneuver disks and how to optimize accesses on them. Tertiary devices present a problem for DBMSs since these devices have dismountable media and have very diier-ent operational characteristics compared to magnetic disks...

Correlation of Lateral Tape Motion and Tape Tension Transients

Introduction High frequency lateral tape motion (LTM) is a problem in tape technology that limits track density in a tape drive. To reduce high frequency LTM, it is important to identify all sources of lateral tape motion. The most important sources of high frequency LTM are edge contact between tape and tape drive components, non-repeatable roller axial run-out, air induced flutter and tape te...

Non-contact tape tension measurement and correlation of lateral tape motion and tape tension transients

Non-contact tension measurement of magnetic tape is performed. Light from a focussed light source is directed at a tape surface and the light reflected from the tape is captured by a photo cell. As the tape tension varies, the divergence of the reflected light bundle changes, i.e., the amount of light seen by the photo cell is a measure for the tension in the tape. Using this noncontact tension...

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