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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Shawn M. Nave, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael P. McIntosh, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage library includes an array of drive slots each configured to receive a data storage drive therein. The data storage library also includes a nozzle for creating an air curtain across a front of the array of drive slots and a fan for creating an airflow through the nozzle. A method includes selectively instructing a fan to create an airflow through a nozzle for creating an air curtain across a front of an array of drive slots in the data storage library. A computer program product is configured to perform the foregoing method.