Efficient moves via spare chamber
US9368148B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/0407
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magazine-based data storage library is described that includes plurality of chambers each adapted to hold a magazine, that in turn, is adapted to hold a plurality of tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a tape drive adapted to read and write data to and from tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a vacant chamber that shifts from a first chamber when a recently used magazine is disposed therein to a second chamber when a new magazine is withdrawn there from. The recently used magazine most recently being withdrawn from a different chamber than the first chamber where it is later disposed.
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