Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tape library rack module with environmentally isolated interior
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Application No.: US15389327Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US09888615B1Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Darin Lee Frink , Kevin Bailey , Peter George Ross , Bryan James Donlan , James Caleb Kirschner , Mary Crys Calansingin , Paul David Franklin , Masataka Kubo
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; G11B33/04 ; G11B33/14 ; G11B25/06 ; H05K7/14

Abstract:
A data center may include a tape library rack module along with rack computer systems. The rack computer systems may be configured to provide computing capacity within a data center environment. In some embodiments, the tape library rack module may include an enclosure encompassing an interior of the tape library rack module, a rack within the interior, and a tape library unit mounted on the rack. The tape library rack unit may include tape cartridges configured to store data within a tape environment that is different than the data center environment. The tape library rack unit may be within a portion of the interior that is enclosed such that it is environmentally isolated from the data center environment. In some examples, the tape library rack module may include a cooling unit and/or a humidifier unit, which may provide the tape environment to the environmentally isolated portion of the interior of the tape library rack module.
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