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US 11,464,129 B1Granted
Modular edge storage devices with high speed interconnects
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsPaul McParland, Bruno Jean Masson, Jeffrey Dale Fochtman
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Abstract
A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
Claims15
A modular edge system external to a computing system, comprising:
- a rack-mounted docking unit external to the computing system, the rack-mounted docking unit having a first interfacing connector;
- a multi-drive data storage device, insertable into the rack-mounted docking unit, comprising a plurality of non-removable data storage drives and a back end having a second interfacing connector, the multi-drive data storage device configured to connect to a computer and to store data generated by the computer, and the second interfacing connector configured to operably couple to the first interfacing connector when the multi-drive data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit;
- a single-drive data storage device configured to be independently connected to the computer and to store the data generated by the computer;
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- a multi-device dock comprising a plurality of slots, with each of the plurality of slots configured to removably receive the single-drive data storage device, the multi-device dock having a front end comprising an opening into the slots and a back end having a third interfacing connector, the third interfacing connector configured to operably couple the single-drive data storage device to the first interfacing connector when the single-drive data storage device is within one of the plurality of slots and when the multi-device dock is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
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A system comprising:
- a portable data storage device having a data gathering consumer accessible data interface connector and a first high speed data interface connector;
- a rack-mounted docking unit having a second high speed data interface connector and being coupled to a server;
- a multi-device dock configured to be inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit, wherein the first high speed data interface connector of the portable data storage device couples to the second high speed data interface connector of the rack-mounted docking unit when the portable data storage device is within a slot of the multi-device dock that is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit;
- a multi-drive data storage device having a data gathering consumer accessible data interface connector, a plurality of non-removable data storage drives, a third high speed data interface connector and is configured to be inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit;
- wherein in a data gathering configuration the data gathering consumer accessible data interface connectors of the portable data storage device and the multi-drive data storage device are configured to be removably coupled to an external computer and configured to store data generated by the external computer;
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- wherein in a data transfer configuration the portable data storage device is removably inserted into the slot of the multi-device dock, the multi-device dock is removably inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit, the multi-drive data storage device is removably inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit and the second high speed data interface connector of the rack-mounted docking unit couples to the first high speed data interface connector of the portable data storage device and to the third high speed data interface connector of the multi-drive data storage device to transfer the data stored in the portable data storage device and the multi-drive data storage device to the server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.