STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A HEATSINK
First Claim
1. A storage system for a computing device, the storage system comprising:
- a solid state drive (SSD);
having a length and a width corresponding to a pre-defined sized hard disk drive (HDD) form factor; and
a cooling device thermally coupled to the SSD, the SSD in combination with the cooling device being dimensioned to fit within the pre-defined sized hard disk drive (HDD) form factor.
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Abstract
A storage system sized to fit within a standard magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) form factor. The storage system includes a solid state disk (SSD) and a cooling means thermally coupled to the body of the SSD. The components of the SSD occupy a smaller volume of space than magnetic HDD'"'"'s. In particular, while the SSD has width and length dimensions matching those of the HDD form factor, the SSD has a height dimension that is less than the HDD form factor. Accordingly, the volume of space between the HDD form factor height and the SSD height is beneficially occupied by the cooling means. The storage system can be then be used as a direct replacement for HDD as it can fit within HDD bays configured for the standardized HDD form factor.
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1. A storage system for a computing device, the storage system comprising:
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a solid state drive (SSD);
having a length and a width corresponding to a pre-defined sized hard disk drive (HDD) form factor; anda cooling device thermally coupled to the SSD, the SSD in combination with the cooling device being dimensioned to fit within the pre-defined sized hard disk drive (HDD) form factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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