G11B33/142

Hard Drive Backplane Assembly and Electronic Device
20230307009 · 2023-09-28 ·

A hard drive backplane has a plurality of ventilation holes, and the expansion cavity muffler is mounted in the ventilation holes of the hard drive backplane. The expansion cavity muffler includes at least one expansion cavity and at least one connecting pipe in communication in a first direction. The connecting pipe at one end of the expansion cavity muffler facing toward the hard drive backplane is fixedly mounted in the ventilation hole such that the expansion cavity muffler is in communication with the ventilation hole. An area of a cross-section that is of each expansion cavity and that is perpendicular to the first direction is larger than an area of a cross-section that is of the connecting pipe adjacent to the expansion cavity and that is perpendicular to the first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a surface of the hard drive backplane.

Server

This disclosure relates to a server including a storage chassis, a tray, a hard disk, a bracket, and a fan. The storage chassis includes a bottom plate and two sidewalls. The sidewalls respectively stand at two opposite sides of the bottom plate The bottom plate has a front edge and a rear edge that are opposite to each other and located between the sidewalls. The tray is slidably disposed on the storage chassis. The hard disk is disposed on the tray. The bracket is connected to the rear edge of the storage chassis. At least part of the bracket is located at a side of the rear edge of the storage chassis away from the front edge. The fan is disposed in the bracket, and the fan is electrically connected to the hard disk.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF MEDIA LIBRARY
20210348781 · 2021-11-11 ·

A media library includes a library housing, a heat-producing device, one or more storage media and an air mover assembly. The library housing can include a library interior where the library interior can include a first wall and a second wall positioned opposite the first wall. The heat-producing device can be positioned near the first wall of the library interior. The one or more storage media can be positioned in the library interior between the heat-producing device and the second wall. The air mover assembly can be is configured to move air into the library interior through the first wall and out of the library interior through the second wall. The heat-producing device can include one or more of a media drive, a power supply and a controller. The air mover assembly can move air through the heat-producing device before the air moves through the one or more storage media.

CHASSIS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLYING THE CHASSIS

The present disclosure provides a chassis and an electronic device applying the chassis. The chassis includes: a chassis body; the chassis body is a 2U chassis body or a 4U chassis body; a hard disk module, installed in a front end area of the chassis body; a power supply module, installed at one side of a rear end area of the chassis body; a controller module, installed in a remaining rear end area of the chassis body except the power supply module, parallel with the power supply module, and including a plurality of pluggable functional modules; a middle board, connected with the power supply module, the hard disk module, and the control module, respectively, to realize the electrical connection between the power supply module, the hard disk module, and the control module. The present disclosure can improve the versatility of the chassis modules.

Storage device and an array of disks, and an apparatus for arranging disk
11166393 · 2021-11-02 · ·

Techniques arrange a disk, a storage device, and a disk array. Such techniques involve: a bracket configured to be detachably coupled to a rack; and a button arranged in the bracket and configured to be movable under the action of an external force to decouple the bracket from the rack, wherein a first end of the button is configured to be operated by a user, and the end surface of the first end includes a first surface and a second surface, the second surface extending from the first surface towards a second end, opposite to the first end, of the button. Accordingly, such techniques not only can avoid accidental touch, improve heat dissipation efficiency, and provide a mark area, but also can help prevent loss of user data in a storage device and a disk array.

Advanced thermal control for SSD
11755085 · 2023-09-12 · ·

A storage system with temperature control. The system includes a plurality of storage devices such as solid state drives, a system controller such as a baseboard management controller, and one or more cooling fans. Each storage devices includes a controller configured to estimate the heat load in the storage device and/or an effective temperature, resulting from operations performed in the storage device. The system controller employs active disturbance rejection control to adjust the fan speed based on the estimated heat loads, the estimated temperatures, and/or the sensed internal temperatures, of the storage devices.

Solid state drive apparatus and data storage apparatus including the same

A solid state drive (SSD) apparatus includes a case including an air tunnel disposed between an inner plate and an upper wall and an accommodation space between the inner plate and a lower wall. The air tunnel extends in a first direction, and both end parts of the air tunnel are exposed to the outside. A substrate is disposed in the accommodation space. At least one semiconductor chip is disposed on the substrate.

Server system

An enclosure for receiving a plurality of storage components is provided. The enclosure includes a deck, a top cover, a front panel, a stress distributing member, and a pair of component housings. The front panel is disposed between the deck and the top cover disposed over the deck. The stress distributing member traverses an entire width of the deck and is fastened to the deck and the top cover. A front section is defined between the front panel and the stress distributing member. The component housings are arranged in the front section. Each of the component housings has a front end facing outward the enclosure and a back end facing inward the enclosure. Each of the component housings is configured to receive at least a set of one or more of the storage components, and ends of the stress distributing member extend beyond the front ends of the component housings.

Server system

A server system comprises a deck, a front panel arranged on the deck and defining a collecting space; two doors arranged on opposite sides of the deck, and being perpendicular to the front panel; two receiving frame structures arranged between the doors in a back to back arrangement, and configured to receive multiple rows and columns of a plurality of storage drives horizontally, wherein two periphery corridors are each defined between one of the doors and one of the receiving frame structure facing the one door; two circuit boards arranged between the two receiving frame structures, wherein the two circuit boards comprise a plurality of slits, wherein a central corridor is defined between the two circuit boards; a storage cover disposed above the deck over the two periphery corridors, the central corridor, the two receiving frame structures, and the two circuit boards.

Information processing apparatus
11809244 · 2023-11-07 · ·

A controller and a rectangular parallelepiped power supply apparatus are coupled to a rear surface of a midplane, to which a plurality of storage media drives are coupled in a front surface of the midplane. A plurality of interface connectors arranged in a left-right direction are provided at a front end of a controller substrate. The rear surface of the midplane includes a plurality of connectors for controller, which are a plurality of connectors arranged in the left-right direction to which interface connectors of the controller are respectively coupled, and a connector for power supply, which are connectors to which a power supply apparatus set horizontally is coupled. A part of a row of the connectors for controller is present below the power supply apparatus coupled sideways to the connector for power supply.