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Storage system and a storage bridge bay canister

  • US 9,823,711 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2010
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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