Patent ID: 9324359
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A recording and reproducing system comprising: a server; and a data library apparatus, wherein: the data library apparatus including: a recording medium storage unit which stores one or a plurality of first recording media having recording surfaces at both of front and rear surfaces; a recording and reproducing unit which records and reproduces data on and from the recording medium; and a recording medium transportation unit which transports and transfers the recording medium between the recording medium storage unit and the recording and reproducing unit, the server including: a second recording medium on which data is recorded; a data library interface unit which transmits and receives data to and from the data library apparatus; a grouping processing unit which groups data stored in the second recording medium based on related data; a recording medium selection unit which selects the first recording medium on which data is recorded at the time of recording data on the data library apparatus; and a data management unit which manages group information about data processed by the grouping processing unit and information about the recording medium selected by the recording medium selection unit, and at the time of recording data on the data library apparatus, the recording medium selection unit selects the first recording medium and recording surface with available capacity and on which data brought into the same group by the grouping processing unit is previously recorded and on which data brought into the same group by the grouping processing unit is not recorded on a reverse surface.