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US 12,222,779 B2Granted
Partial-width rack-mounted computing devices
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter George Ross, Darin Lee Frink
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Abstract
A computing system includes a rack having standard slots for computing devices and computing devices coupled to the rack. One or more of the computing devices includes a chassis, a circuit board assembly in a primarily horizontal orientation, and one or more processors coupled to the circuit board assembly. One or more stacks of hard disk drives are coupled to the chassis. The chassis has a width that is equal to or less than half of the width of one of the standard slots of the rack.
Claims20
A computing system, comprising:
- a rack comprising a plurality of standard slots for computing devices, wherein the rack comprises a plurality of rack rails configured to separate two or more of the plurality of standard slots;
- a shelf module mounted in the rack and coupled to at least one standard slot of the plurality of standard slots, the shelf module comprising a plurality of shelf slots configured to receive two or more computing devices within the at least one standard slot in a vertical arrangement, wherein individual ones of the plurality of shelf slots are separated by one or more shelf support rails;
- a plurality of computing devices coupled to the shelf module within the at least one standard slot, each computing device of the plurality of the computing devices having a height that is greater than one rack unit and less than or equal to 1.5 rack-units, wherein a first shelf slot of the plurality of shelf slots is configured to receive a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, wherein a second shelf slot of the plurality of shelf slots is configured to receive a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices above or below the first computing device in the shelf module, and each computing device comprising:
- a chassis configured to be separately removable from other computing devices of the plurality of computing devices in the rack;
- a circuit board assembly coupled to the chassis;
- a processor coupled to the circuit board assembly;
- and
- a plurality of storage devices within the chassis,
- wherein a combined height of the first computing device in the first shelf slot and the second computing device in the second shelf slot is greater than 2 rack-units and less than or equal to 3 rack-units of vertical space.
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A computing device, comprising:
- a chassis configured to be coupled to a first shelf slot of a shelf module in at least one standard slot of a rack comprising a plurality of standard slots, wherein the chassis is configured to occupy the first shelf slot of the shelf module, wherein the chassis is configured to occupy the at least one standard slot, wherein the chassis has a height of at least one-half of the first shelf slot, wherein the height of the chassis is greater than one rack-unit and less than or equal to 1.5 rack-units, wherein a second shelf slot of the shelf module separated from the first shelf slot by at least one shelf support rail is configured to receive a second computing device within the standard slot vertically with respect to the chassis, wherein the chassis is configured to be separately removable from other computing devices in the shelf module, and wherein a combined height of the chassis in the first shelf slot and the second shelf slot is greater than 2 rack-units and less than or equal to 3 rack-units of vertical space;
- a circuit board assembly coupled to the chassis;
- a processor coupled to the circuit board assembly;
- and
- a plurality of storage devices within the chassis.
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A computer device assembly, comprising:
- a chassis configured to receive:
- a circuit board assembly;
- and
- a plurality of storage devices within the chassis;
- and
- a mounting portion configurable to couple the chassis in a first shelf slot of a shelf module in at least one standard slot of a rack comprising a plurality of standard slots, wherein the chassis is configured to occupy the first shelf slot of shelf module, wherein the chassis is configured to occupy the at least one standard slot, wherein a second shelf slot of the shelf module is configured to couple to a second computing device in the first shelf slot vertically with respect to the chassis, wherein the chassis is configured to couple into the shelf module such that at least 0.5U of height of the second shelf slot of the shelf module is configured to receive the second computing device above or below the chassis, wherein the first and second shelf slots are separated by one or more support rails, wherein a combined height of chassis in the first shelf slot and the second computing device in the second shelf slot is greater than 2 rack-units and less than or equal to 3 rack-units of vertical space, wherein the chassis is configured to be separately removable from other computing devices in the shelf module, and wherein at least a portion of a width of the shelf module is configured to receive at least a portion of a third computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.