Patent ID: 8483025

Claim:
A data library device that records and manages data for a plurality of recording mediums, comprising: a plurality of data recording and reproducing apparatuses that record and reproduce the data for the recording medium; a recording medium exchange device that exchanges the recording medium for the plurality of data recording and reproducing apparatuses; and a storage unit that stores identification information of the recording medium and setup information for every data recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein the plurality of data recording and reproducing apparatuses provide a plurality of setup units that record and reproduce the data in a record and reproduction condition appropriate to the recording medium, the recording medium exchange device loads the recording medium onto one of the data recording and reproducing apparatuses when a server requests a data record processing or a data reproduction processing, the identification information of the recording medium and the setup information for every data recording and reproducing apparatus are acquired, if the identification information corresponding to the recording medium and the setup information for every data recording and reproducing apparatus are present, a first setup method is performed, and if the identification information corresponding to the recording medium and the setup information for every data recording and reproducing apparatus are not present, a second setup method is performed.