ENCLOSURE HIGH PRESSURE PUSH-PULL AIRFLOW

摘要

High pressure fans are mounted in the middle of an enclosure to create a low pressure zone and a high pressure zone within the enclosure. The high pressure fans pull air through high density sets of hard disk drives in the back of an enclosure and push air through high density disk drives in the front of the enclosure. Being positioned in the middle of an enclosure allows the high pressure fans to mix hot air pulled through the low pressure zone with cool air existing on the other side of the fans. The fans then push the cool mixed air through the next set of hard drives, forming a high pressure zone and allowing the air to exit at the front of the enclosure.

主权项

1. An enclosure for a data processing system, comprising:
a chassis having a base, a first end and a second end; a first set of storage devices disposed in the enclosure near the chassis first end; a second set of storage devices disposed in the enclosure near the chassis second end; a set of one or more fans disposed near a center of the chassis and within the enclosure, the set of one or more fans disposed between the first set of storage devices and the second set of storage devices.