Patent ID: 7146244
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method, in a single mass data storage library, of distributing the processing of a request from an operator, wherein the mass data storage library includes multiple individual and operable library components, comprising: receiving the operator request over a network at a single library controller; determining two or more individual library component subcommands from the operator request via the library controller; forming two or more command messages to be transmitted to the individual library components, wherein each command message comprises one or more subcommands suitable to be executed by one of the intelligent library components, wherein the multiple individual library components are coupled among the single library controller via the network; simultaneously transmitting each command message over the network to specific individual library components; interpreting each transmitted command message at corresponding specific individual library components in order to extract subcommands contained in the command message; and processing the subcommands at each of the corresponding specific library components in order to carry out the operator request.