Safe rackmountable storage enclosure
AssigneeDot Hill Systems Corporation
InventorBrenden Michael Rust
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Abstract
A storage enclosure includes a chassis, a plurality of drawers, and one or more power supplies. The plurality of drawers each include up to a predetermined number of storage devices. The plurality of drawers is individually extendable up to a predetermined distance through a front surface of the chassis. When each drawer of the plurality of drawers comprises the predetermined number of storage devices and is extended the predetermined distance through the front surface of the chassis, the center of mass of the storage enclosure is behind the front surface of the chassis.
Claims20
A storage enclosure, comprising:
- a chassis;
- and
- a plurality of drawers, the plurality of drawers each comprising up to a predetermined number of storage devices;
- wherein the plurality of drawers are individually extendable up to a predetermined distance through a front surface of the chassis, wherein when each drawer of the plurality of drawers comprises the predetermined number of storage devices and is extended the predetermined distance through the front surface of the chassis, the center of mass of the storage enclosure is behind the front surface of the chassis.
A storage enclosure for safe mounting in a 19″ rack, the storage enclosure comprising:
- one or more drawers of a left drawer configuration, wherein the one or more drawers of the left drawer configuration allow storage devices to be inserted or removed only from the right side of the drawer;
- one or more drawers of a right drawer configuration, wherein the one or more drawers of the right drawer configuration allow storage devices to be inserted or removed only from the left side of the drawer;
- one or more storage controller modules, each of the one or more storage controller modules comprising a storage controller for controlling one or more storage devices of the one or more drawers of the left drawer and right drawer configuration;
- and
- one or more power supplies, wherein the one or more power supplies provide DC power to the one or more drawers of the left drawer and right drawer configuration and the one or more storage controller modules,
- wherein when each of the drawers of the left drawer and right drawer configurations are fully populated with storage devices and is fully extended from the front surface of the chassis, the center of mass of the storage enclosure is between the front surface and the rear surface of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.