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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Hitachi-lg Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data library apparatus capable of changing the mounting positions of disks on the basis of information recorded in the disks and the access histories of the disks. Disks expected to be accessed next are mounted in advance on data recording/reproducing devices, on slots nearer to the data recording/reproducing devices, or on a disk carrying device, etc. In addition, disks relevant to currently active disks are mounted on positions so that the optical disk carrying device can bring out the relevant disks at a time without being moved, and hereby the time necessary for disk access in the data library apparatus can be reduced.