Patent ID: 7230791

Claim:
A rack-mounted storage library comprising: a four-sided rack having an interior and a length with spacings along the length of the rack; a media element handling assembly; a first segmented panel assembly removably plugged within a spacing of the rack at a first rack length position, the panel assembly having tear-apart first and second panels, each panel having first and second ends, the first ends of the panels being interconnected such that the panels are perpendicular to one another, each panel having an inner surface, wherein the panels are respectively mounted to first and second sides of the rack at the first rack length position with the inner surfaces of the panels facing the rack interior; and media element housing cells supported on the inner surfaces of the panels such that the housing cells face the rack interior at the first rack length position; wherein the handling assembly is operable for moving through the rack interior to the first rack length position to manipulate media elements held by the housing cells.