Patent ID: 7643285

Claim:
A storage apparatus having a cabinet for storing a plurality of memory mediums in an array, and a power supply unit for supplying power to a drive circuit of said memory mediums, wherein said power supply unit is housed inside a ground plane side of said cabinet, and said plurality of memory mediums are housed inside said cabinet on said power supply unit, said storage apparatus comprises: a first cooling path to become a passage inside said cabinet of first external air for cooling said plurality of memory mediums, and which starts at inlets on a front side surface and back side surface of said cabinet, passes through said plurality of memory mediums and a first fan and ends at a top surface of said cabinet to discharge said first external air out of said cabinet from the top surface; a second cooling path to become a passage inside said cabinet of second external air for cooling said power supply unit, and which starts at inlets on a front side surface and back side surface of said power supply unit, passes through said power supply unit, a second fan, a partition member, and to the sides of said first fan, ends at the top surface of said cabinet and discharges said second external air out of said cabinet at the top surface; said first fan being provided immediately under the top surface of said cabinet and immediately above said memory mediums, said first fan drawing in said first external air via said inlets on said front side surface and back side surface of said cabinet to flow along said first cooling path and discharging said first external air that cooled said plurality of memory mediums outside said cabinet; and said partition member, which is provided on the internal left side and right side surfaces of said cabinet and configured to partition said first cooling path and said second cooling path so that said first external air and said second external air do not get mixed inside said cabinet; wherein said first fan is supported by said cabinet so as to be slanted against a peripheral part of said memory mediums positioned immediately below said first fan.