Patent ID: 11897696
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 20:
21. The system of claim 17, wherein the storage controller is further configured to:
determine respective available capacities at respective ones of a plurality of drive bays of the room-scale data storage library, wherein the available capacity comprises:
an available capacity of a respective robotic mechanism associated with a respective drive bay to retrieve or return data storage devices to, or from, a movable shelf; and
an available capacity of respective drives of the respective drive bay to read, or write, data from the data storage devices; and

in response to determining an imbalance in available capacity between respective ones of the drive bays that is greater than a threshold amount, allocate a greater number of shelf robots to move moveable shelves to the respective ones of the drive bays that have more available capacity than the other ones of the drive bays that have less available capacity.