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US 10,856,436 B2Granted
Multilevel enclosure cooling
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsKevin Lee Van Pelt, Lon Matthew Stevens
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Abstract
A system including an enclosure including a data storage enclosure. The data storage enclosure includes multiple storage levels and a shared cooling area. The system further includes data storage devices positioned within each of the multiple storage levels and a first and second set of air movers positioned within the data storage enclosure in the shared cooling area. The first and second sets of air movers are arranged to cool the data storage devices.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an enclosure including a data storage enclosure and a power supply enclosure separate from the data storage enclosure, the enclosure extending along a longitudinal axis, the data storage enclosure includes multiple storage levels and a shared cooling area;
- power supply units positioned within the power supply enclosure;
- data storage devices positioned within each of the multiple storage levels with each of the multiple storage levels including multiple rows of the data storage devices with each row including a plurality of the data storage devices having respective longitudinal axes oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the data storage enclosure;
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- a first set of air movers and a second set of air movers positioned within the data storage enclosure in the shared cooling area and arranged to cool the data storage devices, the first set of air movers positioned at a first height and the second set of air movers positioned at a second height that is different than the first height along a back wall of the enclosure.
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A data storage system comprising:
- a rack comprising:
- a first enclosure with a first data storage enclosure, the first data storage enclosure including a first set of multiple data storage levels slidable with respect to the first enclosure and a first shared cooling area;
- a first set of data storage devices positioned among the first set of multiple data storage levels;
- a first set of air movers positioned within the first data storage enclosure in the first shared cooling area and arranged to cool the first set of data storage devices;
- a first power supply enclosure housed within the first enclosure;
- a first power supply unit positioned within the first power supply enclosure;
- a second enclosure with a second data storage enclosure, the second data storage enclosure including a second set of multiple data storage levels slidable with respect to the second enclosure and a second shared cooling area;
- a second set of data storage devices positioned among the second set of multiple data storage levels;
- a second set of air movers positioned within the second data storage enclosure in the second shared cooling area and arranged to cool the second set of data storage devices;
- a second power supply enclosure housed within the second enclosure;
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- a second power supply unit positioned within the second power supply enclosure.
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A system comprising:
- an enclosure including a data storage enclosure and a power supply enclosure separate from the data storage enclosure, the enclosure extending along a longitudinal axis, the data storage enclosure includes multiple storage levels and a shared cooling area, wherein the data storage enclosure does not include power supply units;
- data storage devices positioned within each of the multiple storage levels with each of the multiple storage levels including multiple rows of the data storage devices with each row including a plurality of the data storage devices having respective longitudinal axes oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the data storage enclosure;
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- a first set of air movers and a second set of air movers positioned within the data storage enclosure in the shared cooling area and arranged to cool the data storage devices, the first set of air movers positioned at a first height and the second set of air movers positioned at a second height that is different than the first height along a back wall of the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.