Data storage system including movable carriage
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsBrett Herdendorf, Riyan Mendonsa, Krishnan Subramanian
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Abstract
An apparatus with a housing which stores a plurality of data storage magazines, where each data storage magazine includes a plurality of data storage devices. The housing includes a movable carriage, the movable carriage configured to selectively couple a set of data storage devices held by a particular data storage magazine to a host device. The housing also includes a motor configured to move the movable carriage within the housing to enable the movable carriage to communicatively couple the set of data storage devices held by the particular data storage magazine to the host device
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to store a plurality of data storage magazines, each data storage magazine of the plurality of data storage magazines configured to hold a respective set of data storage devices;
- a movable carriage disposed within the housing, the movable carriage configured to selectively couple a set of data storage devices held by a particular data storage magazine to a host device;
- and
- a motor disposed within the housing, the motor configured to move the movable carriage within the housing to enable the movable carriage to communicatively couple the set of data storage devices held by the particular data storage magazine to the host device.
A method comprising:
- decoupling a plurality of carriage interconnects of a movable carriage from a first plurality of drive interconnects of a first set of data storage devices;
- moving the movable carriage to align the plurality of carriage interconnects with a second plurality of drive interconnects of a second set of data storage devices;
- coupling the plurality of carriage interconnects with the second plurality of drive interconnects.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of data storage devices;
- a plurality of data storage magazines, each data storage magazine of the plurality of data storage magazines configured to hold a respective subset of the plurality of data storage devices;
- and
- a housing configured to store the plurality of data storage magazines, the housing comprising:
- a movable carriage configured to selectively couple a set of data storage devices held by a particular data storage magazine of the plurality of data storage magazines to a host device;
- and
- a motor configured to move the movable carriage within the housing to enable the movable carriage to communicatively couple the set of data storage devices held by the particular data storage magazine to the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.