Recording/reproducing system and server

A recording and reproducing system comprising a server and data library devices:

• wherein said server comprises an information recording medium recording data and a data library interface unit carrying out transmission and reception of data and/or commands with said data library devices;
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• wherein each data library device of said data library devices, comprises:
• one or several recording media which each include a first recording surface and a second recording surface, the first recording surface and the second recording surface being on opposing front and back sides of the recording media;
• a recording medium storage unit storing one or several of said recording media;
• several recording and reproducing units that record and reproduce data on said recording media;
• a recording medium transport unit transporting and transferring said recording media between said recording medium storage unit and said recording and reproducing units;
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• a library control unit carrying out control of said recording medium transport unit and said recording and reproducing units, and transmission and reception of data and/or commands with said server;
• wherein said recording and reproducing units have a means of acquiring information indicating the read-out quality in a reproduction processing of said recording media;
• wherein said server has a control unit that, upon receipt of information indicating said read-out quality with respect to the first recording surface of a subject said recording media from said library control unit indicating deterioration in the read-out quality in the reproduction processing, performs control so as to read out the data from the first recording surface of the subject said recording media and to record the read out data on one recording surface of a replacement recording media in a second of said recording and reproducing units;
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• said control unit performs control so that data on the second recording surface of said subject recording media are reproduced from the second recording surface of said subject recording media and recorded onto the other opposite recording surface of the replacement recording media in the second recording and reproducing unit.

A server connected with data library devices, wherein:

• said data library devices each comprise:
• a recording medium storage unit storing one or several recording media which each include at least a first recording surface and a second recording surface;
• several recording and reproducing units that record and reproduce data on said recording media;
• and
• a recording medium transport unit transporting and transferring said recording media between said recording medium storage unit and said recording and reproducing units;
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• said server has:
• a data library interface unit carrying out transmission and reception of data and/or commands with said data library device;
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• a control unit that, upon receiving indication of a failure of a recording processing with respect to the second recording surface of a subject said recording media from said data library device, in a case where data are previously recorded on the first recording surface of the subject said recording media, performs control so as to read out the data from the first recording surface of the subject said recording media in a first recording and reproducing unit, and to record the read out data on one recording surface of a replacement recording media in an other recording and reproducing unit of said several recording and reproducing units;
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• said control unit performs control so that, in a case where the recording of the read out data on the one recording surface of the replacement recording media has been completed, data which failed in the recording processing are reproduced from a buffer and recorded onto the other opposite recording surface of the replacement recording media in the other recording and reproducing unit.

A recording and reproducing system comprising a server and a data library device,

• wherein said server comprises an information recording medium recording data, and a data library interface unit carrying out transmission and reception of data and/or commands with said data library device;
• wherein said data library device comprises:
• a recording medium storage unit storing several recording media which each include a first recording layer and a second recording layer;
• several recording and reproducing units that record and reproduce data on said recording media;
• a recording medium transport unit transporting and transferring said recording media between said recording medium storage unit and said recording and reproducing units;
• and
• a library control unit carrying out control of said recording medium transport unit and said recording and reproducing units, and transmission and reception of data and/or commands with said server;
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• wherein said server has a control unit that, upon receipt of indication of a failure of a recording processing with respect to the second recording layer of a subject said recording media from said library control unit, in a case where data are previously recorded on the first recording layer of the subject said recording media, performs control so as to read out the data from the first recording layer of the subject said recording media in a first recording and reproducing unit, and to directly record the read out data on one recording layer of a replacement recording media in an other recording and reproducing unit of said several recording and reproducing units;
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• said control unit performs control so that, in a case where the recording of the read out data on the one recording layer of the replacement recording media has been completed, data which failed in the recording processing are reproduced from a buffer and recorded onto the another recording layer of the replacement recording media or another replacement recording media, in the other recording and reproducing unit.