Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

John H Marino

Eric R Edstrom

Gregory E Burns

William K Miller

Richard J Palmer

Cynthia D Mills

David J Burque

Qiang Wang

Scott R Gant

Dennis J Alexander

Donald P Caballero

Keith Pollock

Ronald G Phillips

Alejandro R Martinez, Jr

Computer having a drive carrier

A configurable storage array includes a backplane, a plurality of storage devices coupled to the backplane, a segmentable bus coupled to the storage devices, a plurality of input/output connectors coupled to the segmentable bus, and a control board. The control board includes control logic adapted to determine an arrangement of connectors coupled to the input/output connectors and configure the segmentable bus to define a plurality of storage device arrays based on the arrangement. A method for configuring a storage array having a plurality of storage devices includes determining an arrangement of connectors coupled to input/output connectors of the configuring a storage array; and grouping subsets of the storage devices onto isolated bus segments in the storage array based on the arrangement of connectors.

Configurable storage array adapted to configure a segmentable bus based on an arrangement of connectors

A drive assembly includes a carrier, a drive supported by the carrier, and an interface board. The tape drive includes a bus connector and a power connector. A plurality of cables are coupled to the bus connector and the power connector. The interface board includes an expander coupled to the cables and an external connector coupled to the expander. A storage array includes a backplane, a plurality of storage devices coupled to the backplane, a bus coupled to the storage devices, and at least one input/output connector coupled to the bus. Each storage device includes a carrier, a drive supported by the carrier, and an interface board. The drive includes a bus connector and a power connector. A plurality of cables are coupled to the bus connector and the power connector. The interface board includes an expander coupled to the cables and an external connector coupled to the expander.

Hot-plug storage drive

Front panel for a drive carrier

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Cypress, TX, United States of America

John H Marino