Reconfigurable data cartridge import/export drawer

A data cartridge exchange apparatus for use in a data storage system, comprising:

• a drawer having a first data cartridge storage location and a second data cartridge storage location, the drawer being operatively associated with said data storage system so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved between a first position and a second position and so that the second data cartridge storage location may be moved between a third position and a fourth position, the first data cartridge storage location being operatively associated with the second data cartridge storage location so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved independently from the second data cartridge storage location and so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved together with the second data cartridge storage location;
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• a lock assembly operatively associated with said first and second data cartridge storage locations, said lock assembly being usable to engage said first and second data cartridge storage locations.

A data cartridge exchange apparatus for use in a data storage system, comprising:

• a drawer having a first data cartridge storage location and a second data cartridge storage location, the drawer being operatively associated with said data storage system so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved between a first position and a second position and so that the second data cartridge storage location may be moved between a third position and a fourth position, the first data cartridge storage location being operatively associated with the second data cartridge storage location so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved independently from the second data cartridge storage location and so that the first data cartridge storage location may be moved together with the second data cartridge storage location, wherein said first and second data cartridge storage locations are each sized to receive at least one cartridge magazine and wherein said at least one cartridge magazine defines an aperture therein, and wherein said drawer is provided with a guide pin sized to be received by the aperture, the guide pin engaging the aperture when said at least one cartridge magazine is positioned within said drawer.