Apparatus, system, and method for preventing shock-induced hard drive damage
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorJason David Adrian
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Abstract
A shack-sensor apparatus may include a sensor configured to detect a positional state of a hard-drive drawer. The shock-sensor apparatus may also include a mounting component coupled to the sensor and configured to mount the sensor in a location to monitor the positional state of the hard-drive drawer. In addition, the shock-sensor apparatus may include a computing module, electronically coupled to the sensor, that analyzes sensor data provided by the sensor to predict a shock event of the hard-drive drawer and send, in response to predicting the shock event, a signal to at least one hard drive in the hard-drive drawer to prevent damage to the hard drive. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
Claims20
A shock-sensor apparatus comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a positional state of a hard-drive drawer;
- a mounting component coupled to the sensor and configured to mount the sensor in a location to monitor the positional state of the hard-drive drawer;
- and
- a computing module, electronically coupled to the sensor, that analyzes sensor data provided by the sensor to:
- predict a shock event of the hard-drive drawer;
- and
- send, in response to predicting the shock event, a signal to at least one hard drive in the hard-drive drawer to prevent damage to the hard drive.
A hard-drive rack comprising:
- a rack dimensioned to hold computing hardware;
- at least one chassis coupled to the rack and dimensioned to hold a hard-drive drawer;
- at least one hard drive dimensioned to removably fit in the hard-drive drawer;
- and
- at least one shock-sensor apparatus configured to:
- detect a positional state of the hard-drive drawer;
- predict, based on an analysis of the positional state of the hard-drive drawer, a shock event of the hard-drive drawer;
- and
- send, in response to predicting the shock event, a signal to the hard drive in the hard-drive drawer to prevent damage to the hard drive.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by at least one shock-sensor apparatus, a positional state of a hard-drive drawer;
- predicting, by analyzing the positional state of the hard-drive drawer, a shock event of the hard-drive drawer;
- and
- sending, based on the predicted shock event, a signal to at least one hard drive in the hard-drive drawer to prevent damage to the hard drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.