Patent ID: 8279595
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A storage unit comprising: an enclosure including a storage section having an inlet surface and an outlet surface, the storage section being configured to contain an information processing apparatus including an airflow generator placed within the information processing apparatus, the enclosure defining a space outside the storage section; a partition placed in the space outside the storage section, the partition configured to partition the space outside the storage section into an intake section and a discharge section; the intake section connected to the inlet surface of the storage section, the intake section allowing flow of a cooling medium to be sucked into the storage section through the inlet surface for cooling the information processing apparatus; the discharge section connected to the outlet surface of the storage section, the discharge section receiving the cooling medium discharged from the outlet surface; a cooling medium flow generating section located outside the storage section, the cooling medium flow generating section configured to control intake of the cooling medium into the intake section and discharge of the cooling medium from the discharge section; an aperture formed in the partition; a detector section configured to detect an inflow of the cooling medium, discharged from the discharge section, through the aperture; and a controller configured to control the cooling medium flow generating section in accordance with a result of the detection of the detector section.