Patent ID: 7698595
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage apparatus, comprising: a plurality of memory medium groups each of which comprising a plurality of memory mediums; a memory medium driver for driving the plurality of the memory mediums comprised in all of the memory medium groups; a plurality of DC/DC converter/power supply units each disposed in correspondence with only one of the memory medium groups for supplying power to each memory medium belonging to said only one memory medium group via a respective power supply path; a redundant DC/DC converter/power supply unit which is respectively connected in parallel with each of said plurality of DC/DC converter/power supply units to each memory medium belonging to any of the memory medium groups via a redundant power supply path and is configured to supply power only to each memory medium disposed in correspondence with one of the plurality of DC/DC converter/power supply units which has a malfunction occurring therein; a plurality of display devices each of which respectively receives power from one of said plurality of DC/DC converter/power supply units and displays a status of said only one memory medium group which is disposed in correspondence with said one power supply unit; a redundant display device connected to said redundant power supply unit with said redundant power supply unit as a power supply source; a malfunction detection unit for outputting an alarm signal upon detecting said malfunction in said one power supply unit; and a display device switching control unit for connecting said only one memory medium group which is connected to said one power supply unit subject to said malfunction to said redundant display device, in response to an alarm signal from said malfunction detection units wherein each of said plurality of DC/DC converter/power supply units and said redundant power supply unit includes either an identification bit for identification as a normal power source that supplies continuous power to the memory mediums belonging to said only one memory medium group, or an identification bit for identification as a redundant power source that supplies power during said malfunction in said one power supply unit.