US 2017/0257972 A1 · SERVER SYSTEM

Abstract

A system includes a rack and one or more server systems mounted in the rack. A server system includes a chassis with one or more arrays of devices in the chassis. Each array includes mass storage devices and a server device mounted in the array within the chassis of the server system. The server device occupies no more than an equivalent volume of space in the chassis as one of the mass storage devices. A set of mass storage devices of an array and the server device of the array form a logical node, and a server system may include multiple logical nodes in the same chassis. Each array of devices may be located in a sled that can move into and out of the chassis of the server system.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a rack;
a server system coupled to the rack, wherein the server system comprises:
a chassis;
an array of devices mounted within the chassis, wherein the array of devices comprises:
mass storage devices mounted in the array and coupled to a backplane of the array;
and
a server device mounted in the array and coupled to the backplane of the array,
wherein the server device occupies up to an equivalent volume of space in the chassis as one of the mass storage devices in the array, is configured to control storage operations for the mass storage devices in the array, and comprises a network port for other systems to access data stored on the mass storage devices over a network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/058,103Filed 1 Mar 2016

Published

7 Sep 2017

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H05K 7/1492
Cabinets therefor, e.g. chassis or racks or mechanical interfaces between blades and support structures: having electrical distribution…
G06F 1/187
Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards: mounting of fixed or removable disk drives
G11B 33/128
Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis: of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis
H05K 7/1485
Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack: servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks

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Abstract

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