CALIBRATING A TAPE DRIVE

摘要

A method for calibrating a tape drive is disclosed herein. The method includes writing a calibration track onto a tape cartridge using a first tape drive. The method includes reading the calibration track using a plurality of tape drives to measure a plurality of write element offset values, in which each write element offset value corresponds to each of the plurality of tape drives. The method includes determining a calibration factor based on an average write element offset value, in which the calibration factor is used to align a write element of a drive head of the first tape drive.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
writing a calibration track onto a tape cartridge using a first tape drive; reading the calibration track using a plurality of tape drives to measure a plurality of write element offset values, each of the plurality of tape drives to produce a write element offset value; and determining a calibration factor based on an average write element offset value, the calibration factor used to align a write element of a drive head of the first tape drive.