Jukebox data storage system with inert environment

A system comprising:

• a library compartment housing a plurality of data storage disks;
• a player external to the library compartment, the player comprising a head that is configured to interact with at least one of the plurality of data storage disks;
• a partition between the library compartment and the player, the partition comprising a selectively openable interlock;
• and
• a gas generator fluidly connected to the player.

A method of controlling an environment in a disk player, the method comprising:

• generating a produced gas with a generator and directing the produced gas to the disk player;
• opening an enclosure of the disk player, thereby allowing exterior fluid to flow into the disk player;
• sensing a detected composition of a fluid environment in the disk player;
• directing a first volume of the produced gas from the generator to the disk player when the detected composition does not comprise a threshold level of the produced gas;
• detecting a first pressure of the fluid environment in the disk player;
• and
• removing a second volume of fluid from the disk player to maintain the first pressure of the fluid environment in the disk player that is different from a second pressure of the exterior fluid.