Patent ID: 9398728
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G11B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A drive canister coupled to a storage subsystem, the drive canister comprising: a connector board for coupling with a storage controller controlling the storage subsystem; a detachable storage drive coupled to the connector board and a detachable semiconductor memory adapter board; and a wind direction plate for controlling a direction of cooling wind toward the storage drive and the semiconductor memory adapter board; wherein the wind direction plate changes an inclination of the wind direction plate according to a mounting status of the semiconductor memory adapter board so as to change the direction of cooling wind to the storage drive and the semiconductor memory adapter board; the storage drive and the storage controller are coupled via a single signal line of a plurality of signal lines; the semiconductor memory adapter board is coupled to the connector board via multiple signal lines of the plurality of signal lines including two or more lines having redundancy; the semiconductor memory adapter board has a semiconductor memory, and data read from the storage drive is stored in the semiconductor memory as a read cache area.