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US 9,820,408 B2Granted
System with half-depth servers
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorPeter George Ross
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Abstract
A computer system includes a chassis, one or more hard disk drives coupled to the chassis, and one or more air passages under at least one of the hard disk drives. The air passages include one or more air inlets and one or more air outlets. The inlets direct at least a portion of the air downwardly into the passages. The passages allow air to move from the air inlets to the air outlets.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a rack;
- computer systems mounted in the rack from a front side of the rack and from a back side of the rack on one or more same levels of the rack;
- a rack power distribution unit coupled to the rack on the front side of the rack, wherein the rack power distribution unit is configured to supply power to a portion of the computer systems mounted in the rack;
- and
- another rack power distribution unit coupled to the rack on the back side of the rack, wherein the other rack power distribution unit is configured to supply power to another portion of the computer systems mounted in the rack.
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A system comprising:
- a rack configured to mount computer systems in the rack from a front side of the rack and from a back side of the rack on one or more same levels of the rack,
- wherein the rack comprises:
- a coupling mechanism configured to couple a power distribution unit to the rack on the front side of the rack to provide power to at least a portion of the computer systems;
- and
- an additional coupling mechanism configured to couple an additional power distribution unit to the rack on the back side of the rack to provide power to at least another portion of the computer systems.
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A half-depth server comprising:
- a chassis having a depth equivalent to half a depth of a standard rack;
- a circuit board assembly mounted in the chassis;
- a tray comprising risers configured to elevate the tray above a surface of the chassis;
- and
- mass storage devices coupled to the tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.