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Data storage library with pass-through connected media acclimation chamber

  • US 10,303,376 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2017
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data storage library, the system comprising:

  • a first data storage library and a second data storage library, wherein the first data storage library has a first environmental conditioning unit configured to control at least one environmental condition within the first data storage library; and

    at least one pass-through mechanism coupling the first data storage library to the second data storage library, wherein the at least one pass-through mechanism is configured to enable data storage cartridges to be transported between the first data storage library and the second data storage library,wherein the environmental conditions within the first data storage library are controllable to maintain operational conditions conducive to at least one of reading and writing of data on a plurality of data storage cartridges,wherein the environmental conditions within the second data storage library are controllable so as to gradually transition the environmental conditions within the second data storage library between ambient environmental conditions outside of the first data storage library and operational conditions within the first data storage library, andwherein data storage cartridges within the second data storage library are prevented from passing to the first data storage library via the at least one pass-through mechanism until the environmental conditions within the second data storage library have transitioned to a predetermined level similar to the operational conditions within the first data storage library.

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