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Adaptive Regulation of Time Varying Disturbances in a Tape Storage System

Abstract Archival demands for digital tape storage systems require smaller spacing between data tracks on the magnetic tape to allow for more data storage on a single cartridge. Increasing track density while maintaining track following provides a challenge for the servo control of the tape drive. In particular, interchangeable tape cartridges and time-varying tape reel diameters during operation cause variable disturbances during servo control. In this paper we show how a tape servo control algorithm can be regulated to handle changes in disturbance dynamics during servo operation of the tape drive. The approach is based on adaptive regulation by exploiting a Youla-Kucera parameterization of the servo controller and an explicit minimization of the Position Error Signal (PES) during servo operation in real-time. Theoretical results on the stability of the feedback system and real-time application results on an Linear Tape-Open (LTO) drive are included in the paper. The result show a significant reduction of the variance of the PES over different tape cartridges and a constant PES variance during a complete reel-in operation of the tape drive.