Disk array unit
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorTakanaga Yokosawa
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Abstract
A disk array unit includes a motherboard enclosed within an enclosure. A group of first hard disk drives are mounted on the front surface of the motherboard. The individual first hard disk drives are kept in a standing attitude with respect to the front surface of the motherboard. One or more second hard disk drives are also mounted on the back surface of the motherboard. The disk array unit allows not only the front surface but also the back surface of the motherboard to receive the hard disk drives, so that the hard disk drives can efficiently be incorporated within the limited space, as compared with a conventional disk array unit. It is possible to realize an increased recording capacity of the entire disk array unit without enlarging the motherboard or adding another motherboard.
Claims11
A disk array unit comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- first connectors mounted on a front surface of the printed circuit board;
- at least a recording disk drive standing on the first connectors on the front surface of the printed circuit board;
- second connectors mounted on a back surface of the printed circuit board;
- and
- at least a recording disk drive standing on the second connectors on the back surface of the printed circuit board.
A disk array unit comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- first recording disks kept in a standing attitude on a front surface of the printed circuit board in parallel with one another, said first recording disk drives spaced by a first distance;
- and
- second recording disks kept in a standing attitude on a back surface of the printed circuit board in parallel with one another, said second recording disk drives spaced by a second distance different from the first distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.