Patent ID: 9134771
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A storage device comprising: a storage device body defining two interior drive slots comprising support members; at least two laptop storage drives having a girth of less than 2.5 inches in a storage drive array, stacked within said drive slots with an exposed end and connection means consisting of an external drive fit member wherein said storage drives are configurable to mirror one another and said drive slots define separate planes and each said plane is in parallel alignment with each other; a drive door array comprising multiple drive doors, one for each of said storage drives, each of said drive doors adapted to cover only one of each of said exposed end of each of said storage drives; and software in signaled communication with each of said storage drives for providing a sole user interface consisting of RAID 0, RAID 1, non-RAID operation, and combinations thereof; wherein said interior drive slot is sized in close fit accommodation for said storage drive array, and said interior drive slot includes support means comprising internal body fit members adapted to support a position of each of said storage drives singly, wherein said body fit members maintain a support fit relationship based solely on a contact fit relationship, wherein each said storage drive further comprises its own software and said software comprises a recognition token to allow an external computer to recognize said drive and receive action requests from said external computer, and said device further comprises a power supply and