Patent ID: 8054620
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A blade, comprising: a printed circuit (PC) board; a disk drive drawer, the disk drive drawer configured to move from a closed position into an open position, wherein the disk drive drawer is adjacent to the PC board when in the closed position and is positioned away from the PC board when in the open position; at least one stack of internal drives attached to a first side of the disk drive drawer wherein the at least one stack of internal drives comprise: wherein the at least one stack of internal drives are located inside a blade enclosure when the blade is mounted in the blade enclosure and the disk drive drawer is in the closed position, and the at least one stack of internal drives are located outside the blade enclosure when the blade is mounted in the blade enclosure and the disk drive drawer is in the open position; and wherein the at least one drive cage is pivotally mounted to the base bracket at a first pivot point and the second drive cage is pivotally mounted to the base bracket at a second pivot point, and the first pivot point is horizontally offset from the second pivot.