Moving cartridge between library strings
US9997191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/228
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A library manager to determine a relay-point library string when a particular cartridge (specific cartridge) is moved to an empty drive (target drive) for mounting. A method for determining a relay-point library string includes: receiving a command to mount a cartridge in a library string located on one side of the relay-point library string; searching for the target drive among library strings, and finding the target drive in a library string on the other side of an interposed relay-point library string relative to the library string in which the specific cartridge is located; selecting a relay-point library string based on predetermined conditions to move the specific cartridge using shuttle connections to the found target drive; and searching to determine whether or there is a newly available drive in a relay-point library string other than the selected relay-point library string before the selected cartridge reaches the selected relay-point library string.
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