Data storage system
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1. A tray for an equipment rack comprising:
- an array of non-hotplug data storage disks connectable to a maintenance controller, the array having at least three columns and at least three rows arranged as one or more modules.
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Abstract
A data storage system comprising an equipment rack having shelves for receiving trays, each tray carrying a plurality of data storage disks arranged as one or more modules. The equipment rack includes a maintenance controller, which is connectable to data storage disks of trays received in the shelves and is configured to transfer data stored on data storage disks of a first module to data storage disks of a second module whenever the first module is to be taken off-line.
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22 Claims
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1. A tray for an equipment rack comprising:
an array of non-hotplug data storage disks connectable to a maintenance controller, the array having at least three columns and at least three rows arranged as one or more modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A tray for an equipment rack comprising:
a module comprising an array of non-hotplug data storage disks for storing data and being connectable to a maintenance controller, wherein the array has m columns and n rows of data storage disks, where m and n are each two or more and neither m nor n is equal to two.
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13. An equipment rack comprising:
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a plurality of shelves, each shelf configured to receive a tray comprising a module having an array of data storage disks; and
a maintenance controller connectable to data storage disks of trays received in the shelves, wherein the maintenance controller is configured to transfer data stored on data storage disks of a first module to data storage disks of a second module whenever the first module is to be taken off-line. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A maintenance controller for a data storage system having a plurality of trays, each tray comprising a module having an array of data storage disks, the maintenance controller being configured to:
- transfer data stored on data storage disks of a first module to data storage disks of a second module;
taking the first module off-line from the data storage system to enable the data storage disks of the first module to be serviced; and
putting the serviced first module back online.
- transfer data stored on data storage disks of a first module to data storage disks of a second module;
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