Patent ID: 9399553
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: B65G,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining a location of a first drive in a storage medium library, wherein the location of the first drive comprises a first library unit; in response to said determining the location of the first drive in the storage medium library, determining whether a storage medium is located within a first distance from the first drive; in response to determining that a storage medium is not located within the first distance from the first drive, determining a location of a second drive in the storage medium library, wherein the location of the second drive comprises a second library unit; in response to said determining the location of the second drive in the storage medium library, determining whether a storage medium is located within the first distance from the second drive; in response to determining that a storage medium is not located within the first distance from the second drive, determining whether a storage medium is located within a second distance from the first drive, wherein the second distance is farther than the first distance; in response to determining that a storage medium is located within the first distance or the second distance from the first drive, making the storage medium available to be read by or written to by the first drive; and in response to determining that a storage medium is located within the first distance from the second drive, making the storage medium available to be read by or written to by the second drive.