Storage system and a storage bridge bay canister
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1. A Storage Bridge Bay storage system, comprising:
- a housing comprising;
a front section comprising hard disk drive slots configured to receive a plurality of hard disk drives; and
a rear section comprising one or more Storage Bridge Bay canister slots, each slot configured to receive a Storage Bridge Bay canister;
wherein the front section and the rear section are separated by a mid-plane; and
,a Storage Bridge Bay canister configured to be received in the rear section, the Storage Bridge Bay canister comprising;
one or more solid state drives having, in total, storage capacity greater than or equal to a gigabyte; and
,electrical connections in accordance with the Storage Bridge Bay standard;
wherein the electrical connections are in communication with the one or more solid state drives thereby enabling control and transfer of data to or from the one or more solid state drives;
wherein a storage capacity of the Storage Bridge Bay storage system is defined by a combination of a storage capacity of the plurality of hard disk drives received in the front section and a storage capacity of the one or more solid state drives provided in the one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters received in the rear section.
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Abstract
The invention provides a Storage Bridge Bay system, comprising: plural hard disk drives, each arranged within a corresponding slot; one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters, wherein there is provided in the or each canister one or more solid state drives. In addition in an embodiment, the invention provides a Storage Bridge Bay canister, the canister comprising: electrical connections in accordance with the Storage Bridge Bay standard; and, one or more solid state drives arranged within the canister and arranged in communication with the electrical connections, thereby enabling control of and transfer of data to or from the solid state drives via the electrical connections.
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12 Claims
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1. A Storage Bridge Bay storage system, comprising:
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a housing comprising; a front section comprising hard disk drive slots configured to receive a plurality of hard disk drives; and a rear section comprising one or more Storage Bridge Bay canister slots, each slot configured to receive a Storage Bridge Bay canister; wherein the front section and the rear section are separated by a mid-plane; and
,a Storage Bridge Bay canister configured to be received in the rear section, the Storage Bridge Bay canister comprising; one or more solid state drives having, in total, storage capacity greater than or equal to a gigabyte; and
,electrical connections in accordance with the Storage Bridge Bay standard; wherein the electrical connections are in communication with the one or more solid state drives thereby enabling control and transfer of data to or from the one or more solid state drives; wherein a storage capacity of the Storage Bridge Bay storage system is defined by a combination of a storage capacity of the plurality of hard disk drives received in the front section and a storage capacity of the one or more solid state drives provided in the one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters received in the rear section.
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2. A Storage Bridge Bay canister of a storage bridge bay storage system arranged to be received in a Storage Bridge Bay canister slot of a rear section of a Storage Bridge Bay housing, wherein the Storage Bridge Bay housing comprises hard disk drive slots in a front section configured to receive a plurality of hard disk drives;
- and the front and rear sections being separated by a mid-plane, the Storage Bridge Bay canister comprising;
electrical connections in accordance with Storage Bridge Bay standard; and
,one or more solid state drives having, in total, storage capacity greater than or equal to a gigabyte, the one or more solid state drives being arranged within the Storage Bridge Bay canister and arranged in communication with the electrical connections, thereby enabling control of and transfer of data to or from the one or more solid state drives via the electrical connections; wherein a storage capacity of the Storage Bridge Bay storage system is defined by a combination of a storage capacity of the plurality of hard disk drives received in the front section and a storage capacity of the one or more solid state drives provided in the one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters received in the rear section. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- and the front and rear sections being separated by a mid-plane, the Storage Bridge Bay canister comprising;
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12. A Storage Bridge Bay storage system, comprising:
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a housing comprising; a front section comprising hard disk drive slots for receiving a plurality of hard disk drives; and
,a rear section comprising one or more Storage Bridge Bay canister slots, each slot configured to receive a Storage Bridge Bay canister; wherein the front section and the rear section are separated by a mid-plane; a plurality of hard disk drives, each hard disk drive being arranged within a corresponding hard disk drive slot in the front section of the housing, and providing storage; and one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters arranged to be received in a Storage Bridge Bay canister slot in the rear section of the housing, wherein each of the one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters comprises; a control board; one or more solid state drives providing a storage capacity of at least 1 gigabyte; and connector housings comprising data pathway, power and control electrical connections in accordance with Storage Bridge Bay standard in communication with the one or more solid state drives thereby enabling control and transfer of data to or from the one or more solid state drives; wherein a storage capacity of the Storage Bridge Bay storage system is defined by a combination of a storage capacity of the plural hard disk drives received in the front section and a storage capacity of the one or more solid state drives provided in the one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters received in the rear section.
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