An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a first module having a plurality of first write transducers, and a plurality of second modules each having a second write transducer. Planes of deposition of write gaps of the second write transducers are oriented at an angle of greater than 4 degrees relative to planes of deposition of write gaps of the first write transducers. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes a plurality of first modules each having a first write transducer, and a plurality of second modules each having a second write transducer. Planes of deposition of write gaps of the second write transducers are oriented at an angle of greater than 4 degrees relative to planes of deposition of write gaps of the first write transducers.

The present disclosure generally relates to a head assembly of a data storage device. The data storage device may include magnetic media embedded in the device or magnetic media from an insertable cassette or cartridge (e.g., in an LTO drive), where the magnetic head assembly reads from and writes to the magnetic media. During drive operation, the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic head assembly is spaced a distance from the magnetic media such that non-contact recording occurs between the magnetic head assembly and the magnetic media. The magnetic media is supported by either a back plate or an air film generated by one or more fillet edges of the back plate and the velocity of the magnetic media as the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly.

The present disclosure generally relates to a head assembly of a data storage device. The data storage device may include magnetic media embedded in the device or magnetic media from an insertable cassette or cartridge (e.g., in an LTO drive), where the magnetic head assembly reads from and writes to the magnetic media. During drive operation, the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic head assembly is spaced a distance from the magnetic media such that non-contact recording occurs between the magnetic head assembly and the magnetic media. The magnetic media is supported by either a back plate or an air film generated by one or more fillet edges of the back plate and the velocity of the magnetic media as the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly.

The present disclosure generally relates to a head assembly of a data storage device. The data storage device may include magnetic media embedded in the device or magnetic media from an insertable cassette or cartridge (e.g., in an LTO drive), where the magnetic head assembly reads from and writes to the magnetic media. During drive operation, the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic head assembly is spaced a distance from the magnetic media such that non-contact recording occurs between the magnetic head assembly and the magnetic media. The magnetic media is supported by either a back plate or an air film generated by one or more fillet edges of the back plate and the velocity of the magnetic media as the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly.

The present disclosure generally relates to a head assembly of a data storage device. The data storage device may include magnetic media embedded in the device or magnetic media from an insertable cassette or cartridge (e.g., in an LTO drive), where the magnetic head assembly reads from and writes to the magnetic media. During drive operation, the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly. The magnetic head assembly is spaced a distance from the magnetic media such that non-contact recording occurs between the magnetic head assembly and the magnetic media. The magnetic media is supported by either a back plate or an air film generated by one or more fillet edges of the back plate and the velocity of the magnetic media as the magnetic media moves across the magnetic head assembly.

In one embodiment, a computer program product for determining a wrap angle includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method that includes receiving, by the processor, a measurement of a distance from an edge to a transducer, receiving, by the processor, a predefined height of tenting of a magnetic recording tape above the transducer, and determining, by the processor, a wrap angle for inducing tenting of the magnetic recording tape above the transducer at the predefined height when the magnetic recording tape passes over the edge in a direction of tape travel thereacross.

In one embodiment, a computer program product for determining a wrap angle includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method that includes receiving, by the processor, a measurement of a distance from an edge to a transducer, receiving, by the processor, a predefined height of tenting of a magnetic recording tape above the transducer, and determining, by the processor, a wrap angle for inducing tenting of the magnetic recording tape above the transducer at the predefined height when the magnetic recording tape passes over the edge in a direction of tape travel thereacross.

According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a measurement of a first distance from a first edge to a sensor, receiving a predefined height of tenting of a magnetic recording tape above the sensor, and calculating a wrap angle to create the predefined height of tenting when the magnetic recording tape passes over the first edge in a direction of tape travel.

According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a measurement of a first distance from a first edge to a sensor, receiving a predefined height of tenting of a magnetic recording tape above the sensor, and calculating a wrap angle to create the predefined height of tenting when the magnetic recording tape passes over the first edge in a direction of tape travel.

A method of operating a magnetic tape within a tape drive. The tape drive comprises a tape head, which shows a tape-bearing surface meant to face a front side of a magnetic tape, in operation. The tape-bearing surface comprises a transducer area. This area includes at least one transducer, which is a read or write element configured to read or write to the magnetic tape, respectively. The method may include driving the tape (along a longitudinal direction of circulation thereof above the tape-bearing surface) and concomitantly ejecting a gas flow toward the transducer area. The gas flow ejected impinges on the back side of the driven tape (e.g., opposite to the front side of the tape), so as to locally urge the front side of the tape against the transducer area and thereby read or write to the tape via said at least one transducer.