Server with storage drive cooling system

摘要

A server chassis can provide air flow to the top and bottom of multiple storage drives. The server chassis can include an enclosure having a top wall and a bottom wall, and a base plate positioned between the top and bottom walls of the enclosure. The base plate can include a plurality of storage drive receiving areas, a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of openings. Each recess can be positioned at a corresponding one of the storage drive receiving areas and be configured to be under a storage drive received at the storage drive receiving area. Each opening can be used to direct air flow from below the base plate into the recesses and thereby onto a bottom of the storage drives.

主权项

1. A server chassis for housing a plurality of storage drives and having open space below and above each of the storage drives to enable effective air flow movement through the server chassis, the server chassis comprising:
an enclosure having a top wall and a bottom wall; a mid-plate bracket assembly positioned between the top and bottom walls of the enclosure, a relationship of the mid-plate bracket assembly and the bottom wall defining an air channel therebetween, the mid-plate bracket assembly comprising:
a plurality of storage drive receiving areas; anda plurality of embossed features, each embossed feature of the plurality of embossed features positioned below each of the storage drive receiving areas and configured to form an air space below each of the storage drives for cooling, each embossed feature of the plurality of embossed features comprising two louvers, one at a front and one at a back of each of the storage drive receiving areas, the two louvers configured to direct air flow from the air channel below the mid-plate bracket assembly into the embossed feature below each of the storage drives and then out of the embossed feature; and a plurality of fans, each fan of the plurality of fans positioned between the top and bottom walls of the enclosure and adjacent an end of the mid-plate bracket assembly and configured to direct air above the mid-plate bracket assembly and below the mid-plate bracket assembly within the air channel.