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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Shigeaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuji Morishita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuji Morishita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disk module with a disk for recording information and a controller for controlling operation of the disk in a cabinet, is formed by providing a heat radiation member on at least one of two side faces of the cabinet. The disk array apparatus includes a plurality of disk boxes, each of which accommodates a plurality of the disk modules therein and has an inlet surface on one end side and an exhaust surface on the other end side; a rack which can accommodate the disk boxes therein in a stacking manner and of which surfaces facing the inlet surfaces of the boxes are capable of ventilation; and an exhaust fan arranged in the rack. The heat radiation member is provided on at least one of the two side faces of the cabinet for each disk module, which are parallel to the recording surface of the disk.