DATA STORAGE SUBGROUP WITH LOCAL RESOURCE AND SHARED RESOURCE

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a resource module to be shared by a plurality of local data storage units. PSOLUTION: In an apparatus for storing and retrieving data in a computer network, a plurality of local data storage units each comprise: a local control circuit; and a housing which encloses a moveable data transducer adjacent to a data storage medium. A shared resource module physically interconnects each of the local units, and includes shared circuitry that supplies a resource required by the local control circuits to transfer data to and from the data storage media. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT