Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a library of a hard disk drive with a transmissive emulating interface. SOLUTION: A hard disk drive is shelved at a related storage position inside a library. A library control device converts a logical address which is known for a request side host computer, of a requested hard disk drive into a physical address or a position inside the library. It is preferable for a picker to load the requested disk drive onto a destination plug socket which can be made a part of a back plane of the library, and a control device accesses the hard disk drive. A library operation is transmissive for the host computer and the library emulates the storage device of a selected type. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a library of hard disk drives with transparent emulating interface. SOLUTION: The hard disk drives are shelved in associated storage locations in the library. A library controller translates the logical address of a requested hard disk drive known to the requesting host computer to a physical address or location within the library. A picker preferably mounts the requested disk drive to a destination receptacle which may be part of a backplane of the library, and the controller accesses the hard disk drive. Library operation is transparent to the host computer, the host computer emulating a selected type of a storage device.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hard disk drive pick device and a method for transferring a disk drive from one of a plurality of storage bins in a library to a destination which can electrically interconnect the disk drive with a computer. SOLUTION: The pick device 10 includes a back plane adapted so as to provide input/output interconnection between a power source or a disk drive and the destination while transferring the disk drive.