Storage subsystem
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1. A storage subsystem that is connected to an external device, comprising:
- a storage device arrangement portion on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged; and
a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device, wherein the storage device arrangement portion is constituted such that the plurality of storage devices is arranged upright in the directions of two dimensions.
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The storage subsystem is connected to an external device and comprises a storage device arrangement portion, on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged, and a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device. The storage device arrangement portion is constituted such that the plurality of storage devices is arranged upright in the directions of two dimensions.
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1. A storage subsystem that is connected to an external device, comprising:
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a storage device arrangement portion on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged; and
a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device, wherein the storage device arrangement portion is constituted such that the plurality of storage devices is arranged upright in the directions of two dimensions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage subsystem that is connected to an external device and that possesses depth, comprising:
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a storage device arrangement portion on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged upright in the directions of two dimensions that include the depth direction of the storage subsystem;
a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion and the external device;
a cooling portion that causes a gas for cooling the storage devices arranged on the storage device arrangement portion to flow to the storage device arrangement portion;
a enclosure for housing the storage device arrangement portion, the control device and the cooling portion; and
an arrangement portion displacement mechanism that displaces the storage device arrangement portion inside and outside the enclosure and in the directions of the two dimensions, wherein the storage device arrangement portion is constituted such that a plurality of storage device columns consisting of two or more storage devices that follow the direction in which the gas flows are formed so that the plurality of storage device columns are at equal intervals or so that the width of at least one storage device column among the plurality of storage device columns is narrower downstream than upstream in the direction in which the gas flows; and
the storage subsystem further comprises;
a plurality of operating portions corresponding with the plurality of storage device columns respectively, wherein the operation of an operating portion that is selected by a user from among the plurality of operating portions is detected and the user is allowed to remove a storage device that belongs to the storage device column corresponding with the selected operating portion.
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