Modular Server Design For Use In Reconfigurable Server Shelf
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter G. Ross, Darin Lee Frink
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Abstract
A modular computing system includes two or more electrical modules. The electrical modules may each include a module chassis having shelf mounting portions for sliding the electrical module into a slot of a rack. The electrical modules may couple with one another to form module assemblies that can be slid into one or more slots in a rack.
Claims43
A modular computing system, comprising:
- two or more electrical modules, comprising:
- one or more compute modules comprising:
- a compute module chassis,
- one or more circuit board assemblies coupled to the compute module chassis;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to at least one of the circuit board assemblies;
- one or more data storage modules comprising:
- a data storage module chassis;
- one or more data storage devices coupled to the data storage module chassis;
- and
- one or more power modules comprising:
- a power module chassis;
- one or more data storage devices coupled to the power module chassis;
- and
- a shelf module configured for installation in a rack, the shelf module comprising two or more partial width slots configurable to slidably receive at least one of the compute modules, at least one of the data storage modules, and at least one of the power modules,
- wherein at least two of the electrical modules are configured to couple with one another to form a module assembly, wherein the shelf module is configurable to receive the module assembly in at least one of the slots in the shelf module.
The computing system 1, wherein at least one of the data storage modules is configured to physically couple to at least one of the compute modules.
A modular computing system, comprising:
- two or more electrical modules, each of at least two of the electrical modules comprising:
- a module chassis comprising one or more shelf mounting portions configurable to slide the electrical module into a slot of the rack;
- and
- one or more electrical components coupled to the chassis;
- wherein the at least two of the electrical modules are configured to couple with one another to form a module assembly, and
- wherein module assembly is configured to slide into one or more slots in a rack.
An electrical module, comprising:
- a module chassis comprising one or more shelf mounting portions configurable to mount the electrical module on a shelf;
- and
- one or more electrical components coupled to the chassis;
- wherein one or more coupling portions configurable to couple the electrical module with one or more other electrical modules into a module assembly, wherein the electrical modules are configurable to couple such that the module assembly is configured to be installed in a slot in a rack.
A compute module, comprising:
- a compute module sled comprising one or more mounting portions configured to mount the compute module in a rack;
- one or more circuit board assemblies coupled to the compute module sled;
- one or more processors coupled to at least one of the circuit board assemblies;
- and
- one or more data storage devices coupled to the compute module chassis,
- wherein the compute module comprises a height greater than ½ U, and
- wherein the compute module is configured for installation in a ¾ U slot in a rack.
A method of providing computing resources, comprising:
- coupling two or more electrical modules to one another to form one or more module assemblies, wherein each of at least two of the coupled electrical modules in at least one of the module assemblies comprise mounting portions configured to mount on rails in a slot of a rack;
- and
- installing the coupled at least two electrical modules in the slot in the rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.