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US 11,238,894 B2Granted
Storage system with actuated media player
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsBrett R. Herdendorf, Jon D. Trantham, Anil J. Reddy, Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Krishnan Subramanian
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Abstract
A data storage library includes a number of storage cartridges arranged in a rack accessed by a actuated media player. The actuated media player is adapted to move the along a plane relative to a fixed subset of the storage cartridges in the rack to and to selectively couple to each storage cartridge of the fixed subset to facilitate selective read/write access.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a data storage library including multiple storage cartridges arranged in a rack;
- a media player including actuation mechanics adapted to move the media player along a plane relative to a fixed subset of the multiple storage cartridges in the rack to an access position for a target storage cartridge, wherein the media player includes end effector elements actuatable toward the target storage cartridge to mate with corresponding interconnect ports of the target storage cartridge.
A method comprising:
- identifying a physical location of a storage cartridge targeted by a data access command, the storage cartridge residing in a rack including multiple storage cartridges;
- and
- actuating a media player along a plane relative to a fixed subset of the multiple storage cartridges in the rack to an access position for a target storage cartridge of the multiple storage cartridges, the media player including end effector elements that actuate toward and mate with corresponding interconnect ports of the target storage cartridge.
A system comprising:
- a data storage library including a rack supporting a number of storage cartridges, a first subset of the storage cartridges in a row facing a first direction and a second subset of the storage cartridges in the row facing a second opposite direction;
- a first media player that robotically actuates in a plane parallel to the row on a first side of the rack to an access position associated with each storage cartridge in the first subset;
- and
- a second media player that robotically actuates in a plane parallel to the row on a second side of the rack opposite to the first side of the rack to an access position associated with each storage cartridge in the second subset.
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