Patent ID: 6298017
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for operating a library of multi-disk cartridges, said library including multiple disk drives and a cartridge picker to exchange multi-disk cartridges between the disk drives, each disk drive including a respective disk picker, said method comprising:a first step of operating the cartridge picker to load a first multi-disk cartridge in a first one of the disk drives;a second step of operating a first disk picker in the first disk drive to exchange a first selected disk with the first multi-disk cartridge;a third step of operating the cartridge picker to unload the first multi-disk cartridge from the first disk drive;a fourth step of operating the cartridge picker to load the first multi-disk cartridge in a second one of the disk drives; anda fifth step of operating a second disk picker in the second disk drive to exchange a second selected disk with the first multi-disk cartridge.