Patent ID: 7914366
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A storage apparatus having in a cabinet, and arranged in one direction, a memory medium housing unit for storing a plurality of memory mediums, a control unit for performing data I/O processing to said memory mediums in response to a data I/O request from an upper-level host system, and a power supply unit for supplying power to said memory medium housing unit and said control unit, comprising: a plurality of cooling areas formed in said cabinet; an external air introduction/discharge device for directing external air to the respective cooling areas, and thereafter discharging said external air from a discharge area of said cabinet outside said cabinet; an external air guidance area for guiding the external air that passed through each of said cooling areas to said discharge area; and a structure of partitioning said external air guidance area into a first area and a second area,