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US 2004/0105225 A1Published application
Multi-drive carrier
OwnerTom Reeves Malcolm, Timothy Gene Lieberinventors
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A rack-mounted disk drive enclosure has a plurality of frames, each capable of being individually pulled out of the enclosure from the front. Each frame is L shaped and has a vertical portion that is more or less planar as well as a horizontal portion carrying circuitry, for example in a printed circuit board. Each frame carries a plurality of disk drives, each having at least one platter spinning parallel with the vertical portion of the frame. Each drive is disposed with its connector pointing downward, toward the printed circuit board and plugged thereinto. At the rear of the frame, a connector connects to a centerplane. Concentrator logic is placed on the printed circuit board of the frame, as are LEDs or other indicators permitting an indication of which drive (if any) needs to be replaced. In this way, it is possible to remove more than one drive, and let less than all of the drives, at a time, from the enclosure, while other drives can remain in service.
A disk drive enclosure having a front, a rear, a left, a right, a top, and a bottom, the enclosure comprising a plurality of frames substantially parallel to each other and extending from the front of the enclosure toward the rear of the enclosure;
A method for use with a disk drive enclosure having a front, a rear, a left face, a right face, a top, and a bottom, the enclosure containing a multiplicity of disk drives each having a platter spinning in a plane parallel to the left and right faces, the method comprising the steps of:
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