Patent ID: 8472181
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a computer cabinet; a first computer module compartment positioned in the computer cabinet; a second computer module compartment positioned in the computer cabinet and spaced apart from the first computer module compartment; a first plurality of computer modules carried in the first computer module compartment, wherein the first plurality of computer modules includes at least a first computer module spaced apart from a second computer module by a first distance to define a first open passageway therebetween; a second plurality of computer modules carried in the second computer module compartment, wherein the second plurality of computer modules includes at least a third computer module spaced apart from a fourth computer module by a second distance that is less than the first distance to define a second open passageway therebetween, wherein the first computer module compartment is spaced apart from the second computer module compartment in a first direction, and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth computer modules are aligned in edgewise orientation relative to the first direction; and an air mover positioned to move a flow of cooling air through the first open passageway in the first computer module compartment and the second open passageway in the second computer module compartment.