System for providing an acclimation enclosure for a data storage library

A system comprising:

• a data storage library, wherein the data storage library is configured to receive one or more data storage cartridges, and further wherein the data storage library comprises a cabinet having at least one access opening for accessing an interior of the data storage library cabinet, at least one library vent in the data storage library cabinet that is selectively openable and closeable for selectively allowing conditioned air from within the data storage library to be communicated externally of the data storage library cabinet, and a movable panel associated with and for covering the at least one access opening, and;
• at least one environmental conditioning unit associated with the data storage library cabinet and configured to control at least one environmental condition within the data storage library cabinet;
• at least one environmental conditioning unit container configured to house the at least one environmental conditioning unit;
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• a data storage library enclosure configured to at least partially surround the data storage library cabinet and provide a barrier to environmental conditions external to the data storage library cabinet from intruding into the data storage library, wherein the data storage library enclosure comprises:
• a plurality of side wall panels configured to surround sides of the data storage library cabinet and the at least one library access opening, wherein the side walls are configured to permit access to the at least one library access opening of the data storage library;
• at least one top panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of side wall panels;
• a plurality of top side panels extending up from one or more of the plurality of the sidewall panels, wherein the plurality of side wall panels, the at least one top panel, and the plurality of top side panels collectively are configured to form a chamber around the data storage library cabinet;
• at least one enclosure access opening in the at least one of the plurality of side wall panels to permit access to an interior of the chamber;
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• at least one enclosure vent formed in at least one of the plurality of side wall panels, wherein the at least one enclosure vent is separate from the at least one enclosure access opening, and further wherein the at least one vent is configured to selectively allow ambient external air from outside the enclosure to intrude into the chamber,
• wherein the side wall panels, the top panel, and the top side panels extend only to the at least one environmental conditioning unit container such that waste heat generated by the at least one environmental conditioning unit within the at least one environmental conditioning unit container is not captured within the data storage library enclosure.

An enclosure configured to surround at least one library access opening that permits access to an interior of a data storage library cabinet having at least one environmental conditioning unit within at least one environmental conditioning unit container, the enclosure comprising:

• a plurality of side wall panels configured to surround one or more sides of the data storage library cabinet and the at least one library access opening, wherein the plurality of side wall panels are configured to permit access to the at least one library access opening of the data storage library;
• at least one top panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of side wall panels;
• a plurality of top side panels extending up from the sidewall panel;
• at least one enclosure access opening in at least one of the plurality of side wall panels to permit access to an interior of the chamber, and
• at least one vent formed in at least one of the plurality of side wall panels, wherein the at least one vent is separate from the at least one enclosure access opening, and configured to selectively open and close to selectively allow ambient external air from outside the enclosure to intrude into the chamber,
• wherein the plurality of side wall panels, the at least one top panel, and the plurality of top side panels collectively are configured in conjunction with at least a portion of the environmental conditioning unit container to form a chamber around the data storage library cabinet,
• wherein the enclosure is configured to selectively permit environmental conditions within the chamber to acclimate between environmental conditions outside the enclosure and environmental conditions within the interior of the data storage library;
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• wherein the side wall panels, the top panel, and the top side panels are configured such that waste heat generated by at least one environmental conditioning unit within the at least one environmental conditioning unit container is not captured within the enclosure.