Tape library rack module with environmentally isolated interior

A data center, comprising:

• a rack computer system configured to provide computing capacity within a data center climate inside the data center;
• a tape library rack module, including:
• an enclosure;
• a partition structure that partitions the enclosure into a tape library unit interior portion and a support unit interior portion, such that a tape library unit climate within the tape library unit interior portion is isolated from a support unit climate within the support unit interior portion;
• a tape library unit within the tape library unit interior portion;
• a support unit within the support unit interior portion, the support unit to provide support to the tape library unit;
• and
• one or more controllers to:
• maintain, within the tape library unit interior portion, a tape library unit climate that is different than the data center climate and the support unit climate.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an enclosure;
• a partition structure that partitions the enclosure into a tape library unit interior portion and a support unit interior portion, such that a tape library unit climate within the tape library unit interior portion is isolated from a support unit climate within the support unit interior portion;
• a tape library unit within the tape library unit interior portion;
• a support unit within the support unit interior portion, the support unit to provide support to the tape library unit;
• and
• at least a portion of a climate control system, wherein:
• the at least a portion of the climate control system comprises at least one of a cooling unit or a humidifier unit;
• and
• the climate control system is configured to maintain, within the tape library unit interior portion, a tape library unit climate that is different than the support unit climate and an external climate that is external to the enclosure.

A method, comprising:

• maintaining, within a tape library unit portion of a tape library rack module and using a climate control system, a tape library unit climate that is different than a data center climate to which a data center is maintained and a support unit climate of a support unit interior portion of the tape library rack module, wherein:
• the tape library rack module is located within the data center and comprises:
• an enclosure;
• a partition structure that partitions the enclosure into the tape library unit interior portion and a support unit interior portion, such that the tape library unit climate within the tape library unit interior portion is isolated from a support unit climate within the support unit interior portion;
• a tape library unit within the tape library unit interior portion;
• and
• a support unit within the support unit interior portion, the support unit to provide support to the tape library unit.