| 摘要 |
An accessor moveably disposed within a data storage and retrieval system, where that accessor includes an information input/output device and a power supply connector disposed on a gripper mechanism such that the information input/output device and the power supply connector can be releaseably coupled/connected to an information input/output port and a power port, respectively, disposed on a hard disk drive unit disposed in a storage slot within the data storage and retrieval system. A data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more of Applicants' accessors, one or more hard disk disposed in one or more hard disk drive units each of which includes an information input/output port in communication with that hard disk, and an information transfer station in communication with a host computer, wherein that information transfer station can communicate with Applicants' accessor(s). A method to transfer information between one or more hard disks disposed in Applicants' data storage and retrieval system and a host computer using a memory device disposed on one or more accessors moveably disposed within Applicants' data storage and retrieval system. Applicants' data storage and retrieval system includes computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein, where that computer readable program code comprises a series of computer readable program steps to implement Applicants' method.
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