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

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a data center building; and
a room-scale data storage library in a room of the data center building, wherein the room-scale data storage library comprises:
a plurality of moveable shelves;
a plurality of data storage devices positioned on the movable shelves;
a plurality of shelf robots configured to move respective ones of the moveable shelves within the room;
a drive bay comprising a plurality drives configured to read or write data to, or from, the data storage devices; and
a robotic mechanism associated with the drive bay,
wherein the robotic mechanism is configured to:
retrieve respective ones of the data storage devices from a given one of the moveable shelves that has been positioned adjacent to the drive bay; and
insert the respective ones of the data storage devices into respective ones of the drives of the drive bay; and

wherein the robotic mechanism is further configured to:
remove the respective ones of the data storage devices from the respective ones of the drives of the drive bay; and
return the respective ones of the data storage devices to the moveable shelf or another one of the moveable shelves that has been positioned adjacent to the drive bay.