Patent ID: 6754082
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A data storage system, comprising:a having: a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a fourth opening substantially and parallel to each other; and a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth openings substantially parallel and coplanar with each other, and overlying the first, second, third, and fourth openings, respectively; a first tray mounted in the first opening of said chassis and having a first end and a second end, a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending between the first end and the second end and opposite to each other, and a surface between the first sidewall and the second sidewall; and a first storage device, a second storage device, and a third storage device mounted on said first tray between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, substantially coplanar with each other, and having a major surface in proximity to the surface of said first tray, forming a first air channel there between; a second storage unit removably mounted in the second opening of said chassis and comprising: a second, a third, and a fourth trays mounted in the second, third, and fourth openings, respectively, of said chassis; a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth storage devices mounted on said second tray and defining a second air channel there between; a seventh, an eighth, and a ninth storage devices mounted on said third tray and defining a third air channel there between; a tenth, an eleventh, and a twelfth storage devices mounted on said fourth tray and defining a fourth air channel there between; a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, and an eighth, trays mounted in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth openings, respectively, of said chassis; a thirteenth, a fourteenth, and a fifteenth storage devices mounted on said fifth tray; a sixteenth, a seventeenth, and an eighteenth storage devices mounted on said sixth tray; a nineteenth, a twentieth, and a twenty-first storage devices mounted on said seventh tray; and a twenty-second, a twenty-third, and a twenty-fourth storage devices mounted on said eighth tray.