Patent ID: 7254016
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data storage system, comprising: a base having a frame and an interconnect disposed within the frame, the frame defining a front opening and a back opening; storage devices configured to couple with the interconnect in a blind mating manner when the storage devices are moved in a first direction toward the interconnect through the front opening defined by the frame; and a processing subsystem configured to couple with the interconnect a blind mating manner when the processing subsystem is moved in a second direction toward the interconnect through the back opening defined by the frame, the first and second directions being substantially opposite to each other, the processing subsystem being configured to electronically communicate with the storage devices through the interconnect; wherein all of the storage devices are located exclusively on a first side of the interconnect, and the processing subsystem is located exclusively on a second side of the interconnect, the first and second sides being substantially opposite each other; wherein the processing subsystem includes: