Partial-width rack-mounted computing devices

摘要

A computing device includes a chassis having a width that is equal to or less than half of the width of a standard slot of a rack. A circuit board assembly with at least one processor is coupled to the chassis in a primarily horizontal orientation. One or more rows of mass storage devices (such as hard disk drives) are coupled to the chassis. At least one of the rows of mass storage devices includes a stack of mass storage devices.

主权项

1. A computing system, comprising:
a rack comprising a plurality of standard slots, wherein the rack is configured to receive a plurality of computing devices; the plurality of computing devices comprising two or more half-width computing devices coupled to the rack, each respective half-width computing device of the two or more half-width computing devices having a height that is greater than 1 rack unit and less than 2 rack units, and each respective half-width computing device of the two or more half-width computing devices comprising:
a half-width chassis, wherein the respective half-width computing device comprising the half-width chassis is separately removable from a remainder of the two or more half-width computing devices coupled to the rack;one or more circuit board assemblies in a primarily horizontal orientation coupled to the half-width chassis;one or more processors coupled to at least one of the one or more circuit board assemblies; andone or more stacks of two or more hard disk drives coupled to the half-width chassis; wherein at least two of the two or more half-width computing devices are arranged vertically one over another in a ratio of 2 half-width computing devices per 3 rack-units of vertical rack space.