Hot-swappable protocol expander module for storage array
US11467997B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/1426
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage array has a backplane at the base of an enclosure. A plurality of data storage drives are coupled to connectors of the backplane. A hot-swappable protocol expander module is coupled between the drives and the backplane through a top of the enclosure or to the backplane through a side of the enclosure.
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