公开(公告)号：US09363926B1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US14217149

申请日：2014-03-17

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Strickland Beall ,  David Edward Bryan ,  Darin Lee Frink ,  Jason Alexander Harland

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H05K7/14

CPC classification number: H05K7/20736 ,  G11B33/128 ,  G11B33/142 ,  H05K7/1488

Abstract: A system for storing data includes a rack and one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, one or more mass storage devices coupled to the backplanes, and one or more air plenums extending beneath one or more of the backplanes in the chassis interior. The backplanes are coupled to the chassis in a staggered configuration, where one of the backplanes is coupled to the chassis at a different elevation relative to another one of the backplanes coupled to the chassis. An air passage may extend beneath one or more of the staggered backplanes and may progressively narrow from the inlet end towards the exhaust end of the chassis. A progressively narrowing air passage can progressively impede airflow through the air passage from the inlet end towards the exhaust end.

Abstract translation: 用于存储数据的系统包括机架和耦合到机架的一个或多个数据存储模块。 数据存储模块可以包括底盘，耦合到底盘的两个或更多个背板，耦合到背板的一个或多个大容量存储设备以及在底盘内部的一个或多个背板下方延伸的一个或多个空气增压室。 背板以交错的配置联接到底盘，其中一个背板相对于耦合到底架的背板中的另一个以不同的高度联接到底架。 空气通道可以在交错的背板中的一个或多个下延伸，并且可以从底盘的入口端朝向排气端逐渐变窄。 逐渐变窄的空气通道可以逐渐阻碍从入口端到排气端的空气通道的气流。