Patent ID: 7515987

Claim:
A media library assembly for use with a plurality of storage media including a target storage media, the plurality of storage media being positioned in a plurality of spaced apart media libraries, the media library assembly comprising: a host controller that sends a first command signal to request a transfer of a first block of data relative to the target storage media; a first data transfer assembly that receives the first command signal, the first data transfer assembly being configured to determine the location of the target storage media in one of the plurality of media libraries, the first data transfer assembly being configured to initiate a second command signal to request the transfer of the first block of data relative to the target storage media; and a spaced apart, second data transfer assembly including a second data transfer device that receives the target storage media, the second data transfer assembly being selected from a plurality of data transfer assemblies by the first data transfer assembly based at least partially on proximity to the target storage media, the second data transfer assembly receiving the second command signal, the second data transfer device being configured to transfer the first block of data relative to the target storage media in response to the second command signal.