A component carrier with a tray, a slide cage, a level, and a tilting mechanism. The tray has a bottom surface with a groove formed therein. The slide cage is actuatably coupled with the tray and has a receiving space and an undercarriage. The lever is pivotally coupled with the slide cage and has a lower portion for engaging the groove to transition the slide cage between a first position and a second position. The tilting mechanism is coupled with the tray and configured for biasing the slide cage to the second position. In the first position the undercarriage of the slide cage is positioned proximal to the bottom surface of the tray. In the second position a first end portion of the undercarriage of the slide cage is displaced away from the bottom surface and a second end portion is positioned proximal to the bottom surface of the tray.

A latch and release mechanism for a computer component may allow release of the component with reduced force and easier access through a cam lever that rotates around a pivot point, such as a pin, to translate rotational motion into a force to unlock the drive from a bay of a chassis. Additionally, the cam lever may be configured to provide a force that ejects the drive from the bay nearly simultaneously with the unlocking of the drive. Thus, a user can remove a drive from a bay with a small application of a single type of force to the cam lever of a latch and release mechanism.

A hard disk drive carrier assembly includes a back panel, and a connection mechanism in physical communication with the back panel of the hard disk drive carrier assembly along a first surface of the connection mechanism. The connection mechanism includes guide pin extending away from a second surface of the connection mechanism. The guide pin to align the hard disk drive carrier assembly with a mid-plane module of an information handling system when the hard disk drive carrier assembly is inserted into a bay of the information handling system. A screw is in physical communication with the connection module to mount the connection mechanism onto the back panel. The screw includes a post, and is inserted through a hole in the connection mechanism and is connected to the back panel. A first diameter of the post is smaller than a second diameter of the hole.

Various embodiments of the present technology provide systems and methods for mounting and dismounting a computing component (e.g., a HDD) of a server system. The server system contains a motherboard that includes at least one designated base bracket. Each of the at least one designated base bracket is configured to enable a carrier of a computing component to be mounted on and detached from. A designated base bracket can include one or more movable pins, one or more fixed pins, and a close latch.

A system for storing data includes a rack, one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack, and one or more data control modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, and one or more mass storage devices (for example, hard disk drives) coupled to the backplanes. The data control modules may access the mass storage devices in the data storage modules.

A method and apparatus discloses a tray configured to house a hard-disk drive (“HDD”) using at least one semi-flexible anchoring strip. An HDD assembly device, in one aspect, includes a tray, a U-shaped semi-flexible anchoring frame, and an HDD. The tray has a base, a front panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, wherein the first side panel and the second side panel includes tracks along longitudinal edges of the first and the second side panels. The U-shaped semi-flexible anchoring frame includes a front piece, a first strip, and a second strip, wherein the first strip is configured to fit in the track of the first side panel allowing the first strip to slide along the track of the first side panel. The HDD has at least two mounting holes on each side and able to seat in the U-shaped semi-flexible anchoring frame.

A server includes a main board, a plurality of first expanding modules, a plurality of second expanding modules, a plurality of third expanding modules and a management controlling board. The main board has a first edge, a second edge corresponding to the first edge, a first plane, a second plane corresponding to the first plane. The main board includes a plurality of hardware connectors disposed on the first plane and between the first edge and the second edge. The plurality of first expanding modules, the plurality of second expanding modules and the plurality of third expanding modules are all disposed on the second edge and on the first plane. Each of the first expanding modules has a first Ethernet connector and a plurality of first ports configured to connect to a first external server. Each of the second expanding modules has a plurality of second ports configured to connect to a second external server. The management controlling board is disposed on the second edge and on the second plane. The management controlling board has a plurality of second Ethernet connectors.

An information handling system is disclosed. The information handling system may include a chassis and a storage resource assembly. The storage resource assembly may include a bezel coupled to the chassis by a first connector, the bezel configured to couple to a storage resource by a second connector and a shock isolation cap configured to couple to the storage resource, the shock isolation cap comprising a proximal end proximate to the bezel and a distal end opposite the proximal end.

An extension kit includes a case, a locking lever, and a first elastic member. The case has an interior space which extends in a first direction. The locking lever includes a lever portion which is rotatable about a first rotation axis extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plate portion which extends from the lever portion and which is exposed at the case, an arm portion which extends in the second direction from the plate portion, and a first locking portion which protrudes from the arm portion. The first elastic member is provided in the interior space of the case and elastically connects the case and the locking lever in the interior space of the case.

A data storage device fixing structure includes a mounting frame, a resisting member, and a limiting member. The resisting member is movably arranged on the mounting frame and configured to resist a data storage device. The resisting member includes a resisting portion. The limiting member is provided on the resisting member and provided with a fixing portion. The fixing portion extends into the data storage device located in the mounting frame to fixedly mount the data storage device. When the limiting member is moved, the fixing portion is separated from the data storage device, the resisting member is pulled, and the resisting portion drives the data storage device to move.