Patent ID: 6233654
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording apparatus utilizing a series of RAID recording systems comprising:a partially exchangeable disk array constituted by connecting a plurality of disk drives performing recording of data with respect to a loaded disk-like recording medium;a loading and unloading means for loading and unloading a cartridge accommodating said disk-like recording medium with respect to the disk drives of said partially exchangeable disk array; anda control means for controlling the loading and unloading operation of the cartridge by said loading and unloading means and, at the same time, said control means controlling the recording operation for said partially exchangeable disk array by one of the RAID recording systems such that the data to be recorded on the disk-like recording medium loaded in one of the disk drives which is in a state of being loaded or unloaded is recorded successively on the disk-like recording medium loaded in another of the disk drives, and said control means controls said partially exchangeable disk array such that the disk drives record disk identification data indicative of the disk drive which recorded the data in the disk loaded therein and indicative of the order of the disk in which the recording operation is performed by the disk drive.