Assembly for Digital Storage Appliance

An assembly, for a digital storage appliance, comprising:

• a base comprising a recess with protrusions configured to latch a module that is removably insertable in the base;
• a disk drive carrier having
• a back member configured to abut a face of the disk drive;
• a pair of side members coupled to the back member, configured to abut opposing sides of the disk drive;
• and
• a pair of flexible tangs, each tang coupled to one of the side members and configured to removably latch with one of the protrusions in the base so as to removably mount the carrier in the base;
• wherein the back member is, or the side members are, or the back member and side members are, configured with a set of attachment mechanisms in locations that correspond to locations, in the disk drive, of screw holes used for mounting so that the disk drive is removably mountable in the carrier using the attachment mechanisms and the module, constituting the carrier with the disk drive, is removably mountable in the base;
• and
• a cover configured to mate with the base to enclose the mounted disk drive carrier.

An assembly, for a digital storage appliance, comprising:

• a base comprising a recess to receive a module that is removably insertable in the base;
• a disk drive carrier having
• a back member configured to abut a face of the disk drive;
• a pair of side members coupled to the back member, configured to abut opposing sides of the disk drive;
• wherein the back member is, or the side members are, or the back member and side members are, configured with a set of attachment mechanisms in locations that correspond to locations, in the disk drive, of screw holes used for mounting so that the disk drive is removably mountable in the carrier using the attachment mechanisms and the module, constituting the carrier with the disk drive, is removably mountable in the base;
• a spring mounted on the disk drive carrier, the spring exposed above the disk drive when the module is mounted in the base;
• and
• a cover, configured to mate with the base and, when rotated about a vertical axis, to assume a latched position with respect to the base, the cover also configured when mated to the base to enclose the mounted disk drive carrier, the cover having an inner top surface, and, when the carrier is in the latched position, the spring engages against the inner top surface of the cover and applies a force tending to urge the cover upward and away from the base in a manner to assist in maintaining the latched position.