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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A storage library is described that includes a shelf system adapted to support a number of tape cartridges. The storage library further includes a tape drive adapted to read and write data to and from tape cartridges. The storage library further possesses a temporary repository near the tape drive that is adapted to facilitate an exchange of a first tape cartridge intended to be loaded in the tape drive with a second tape cartridge ready to be removed from the tape drive with a single tape picker device.
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