US Patent:
20130101373, Apr 25, 2013
Inventors:
Matthew Thomas Starr - Lafayette CO, US
Nathan Christopher Thompson - Boulder CO, US
Daniel Spencer Zmolek - Boulder CO, US
Mark Lorin Lantry - Erie CO, US
Assignee:
Spectra Logic Corporation - Boulder CO
International Classification:
B65G 1/06
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from a first chamber when a recently used magazine is disposed therein to a second chamber when a new magazine is withdrawn there from. The recently used magazine most recently being withdrawn from a different chamber than the first chamber where it is later disposed.