Removable disk media including holographic optical disk stacked in a tape cartridge shell

An automated data storage library, comprising:

• a media accessor including a cartridge shell gripper, and
• a removable disk media including:
• a tape cartridge shell having a structural configuration operable to be physically engaged by a cartridge shell gripper of a media accessor;
• and
• at least one optical disk disposed within the tape cartridge shell, wherein a recording surface of each optical disk is at least partially extractable from the tape cartridge shell by an optical disk drive for at least one of writing data onto the optical disk and reading data from the optical disk.

An automated data storage library, comprising:

• a media accessor including a cartridge shell gripper;
• an optical disk drive including a tape cartridge slot;
• and
• a removable disk media including:
• a tape cartridge shell having a structural configuration operable to be physically engaged by the cartridge shell gripper and operable to be physically inserted into the tape cartridge slot by the cartridge shell gripper;
• and
• at least one optical disk disposed within the tape cartridge shell, wherein a recording surface of each optical disk is at least partially extractable from the tape cartridge shell by the optical disk drive for at least one of writing data onto the optical disk and reading data from the optical disk.