Cooling of hard disk drives with separate mechanical module and drive control module

摘要

A data storage system includes one or more hard disk drive systems and an air moving device. The hard disk drive systems may include one or more drive mechanical modules that store data and a drive control module electrically coupled to the drive mechanical modules. The drive control modules may control mechanical operations in the drive mechanical modules. The drive control module includes a circuit board assembly and heat producing components coupled to the circuit board assembly. Air passages on each side of the printed circuit board assembly allow a stream of air to flow across heat producing components on at least one side of the printed circuit board assembly.

主权项

1. A data storage system, comprising:
one or more drive mechanical modules configured to store data; and a drive control module electrically coupled to the one or more drive mechanical modules and configured to control at least one mechanical operation in the one or more drive mechanical modules; a backplane assembly, wherein the one or more drive mechanical modules and the drive control module are separately coupled to the backplane assembly; and one or more air passages on at least one side of each of the drive control module and the one or more drive mechanical modules, wherein at least one of the one or more air passages is configured to allow a stream of air to flow across at least one heat producing component in the drive control module.