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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Odie Banks Killen, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David Dick Anderson, New Braunfels, TX (US);
John Davis Schnabel, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/409 (2013.01); G06F 13/4265 (2013.01); G11B 33/126 (2013.01); G11B 33/128 (2013.01); G11B 33/1426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage array has a backplane at the base of an enclosure. A plurality of data storage drives are coupled to connectors of the backplane. A hot-swappable protocol expander module is coupled between the drives and the backplane through a top of the enclosure or to the backplane through a side of the enclosure.