| 摘要 |
<p>A new frame structure for a multiple drive library computer system (44) having a plurality of storage drives (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) and a number of electronic and mechanical subsystems (32, 34, 36, 46), each drive (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) having a media-inserting face (300) abutting a robotic media inserter (40), and an electrical connection face (302) opposite to said media-inserting face (300). The frame structure comprises a primary frame structure (42) which contains a number of said subsystems (32, 34, 36, 46), and one or more modular drive housings (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), attachable to said primary frame structure (42), in which are mounted one or more of said storage drives (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60), wherein each of said modular drive housings (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30), and the drive(s) (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) mounted therein, is removable from said primary housing (42) as a unit. The frame structure with modular housings (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) allows good drives in a multiple drive library computer system (44) to remain online, and accessible to a host (48), during the repair of one or more failed drives. <IMAGE></p> |
