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US 2004/0172642 A1Published application
Data storage system
OwnerJiangang Ding, Ji Zhang +1inventors
InventorsJiangang Ding, Ji Zhang, Hain Ching Liu
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Abstract
A data storage system (30) includes multiple storage devices arranged in an array. A column in the array includes storage devices (12, 14, 16) mounted on a tray (22). The storage devices (12, 14, 16) and the tray (22) form an air channel (28) for efficient heat dissipation. The data storage system (30) may include multiple columns inserted in multiple slots of a chassis (35), thereby forming a memory board.
Claims30
A data storage system, comprising:
- a first tray having a first end and a second end, a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending between the first end and the second end and opposite to each other, and a surface between the first sidewall and the second sidewall;
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- a first storage device mounted on said first tray between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and having a major surface in proximity to the surface of said first tray, said first storage device and said first tray forming a first air channel there between.
A data storage system, comprising:
- a plurality of trays, each having a first end and a second end;
- a plural sets of storage devices, each set including a plurality of storage devices mounted between the first end and the second end of a corresponding tray of said plurality of trays and forming an air channel with the corresponding tray;
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- a plurality of data transmission lines coupled to said plural sets of storage devices.
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A data storage system, comprising:
- a chassis having a plurality of slots substantially parallel to each other;
- a plurality of trays, each removably mounted on a corresponding slot of the plurality of slots in said chassis;
- and having a first end and a second end;
- a plural sets of storage devices, each set including a plurality of storage devices mounted between the first end and the second of a corresponding tray in said plurality of trays and forming an air channel with said corresponding tray;
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- a data access circuit coupled to said plural sets of storage devices.
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A network server for supplying data to a client over a network, comprising:
- a data storage unit, said data storage unit including:
- a plurality of trays;
- a plural sets of storage devices, each set including a plurality of storage devices mounted a corresponding tray of said plurality of trays and forming an air channel with said corresponding tray;
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- a digital signal processing unit coupled to said data storage system, said digital signal processing unit being capable of simultaneously access multiple storage devices in said data storage unit;
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- a network interface coupled to said digital signal processing unit, said network interface relaying a signal transmission between said digital signal processing unit and the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.