Patent ID: 6088660
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
A storage disk device comprising:a locker;N storage disk modules, N being an integer and said N storage disk modules being arranged in a plurality of groups, each group comprising M respective storage disk modules, where M is an integer;N.div.M cooling devices, each of the N.div.M cooling devices being provided for the M respective storage disk modules of an associated group, among said plurality of N storage disk modules;a power source supplying energy to the N.div.M cooling devices; anda plurality of control units respectively associated with the plurality of groups of storage disk modules, each control unit connected to each other control unit via corresponding control lines and detecting a fault occurring in at least one of the N.div.M cooling devices in a corresponding one of the groups and sending, via a corresponding one of the control lines and to a different one of the plurality of control units, an instruction to increase a cooling ability of at least one cooling device which is in one of the groups, other than said corresponding one of the groups, and which is related to said at least one of the cooling devices in which the fault has occurred.