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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Robert P. Wierzbicki, Worcester, MA (US);
Thomas J. Connor, Jr., Winchendon, MA (US);
Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr., Franklin, MA (US);
Paul H. Maier, Jr., Athol, MA (US);
Matthew Borsini, Northborough, MA (US);
Darrin Haug, Bellingham, MA (US);
Robert P. Wierzbicki, Worcester, MA (US);
Thomas J. Connor, Jr., Winchendon, MA (US);
Ralph C. Frangioso, Jr., Franklin, MA (US);
Paul H. Maier, Jr., Athol, MA (US);
Matthew Borsini, Northborough, MA (US);
Darrin Haug, Bellingham, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
An improved redundant computing apparatus includes a chassis assembly configured to (i) mount to a standard electronic equipment rack and (ii) consume substantially 1U of space in a particular direction (e.g., vertical height) within the standard electronic equipment rack. The chassis assembly includes a housing and a midplane disposed within the housing. The apparatus further includes a set of power supply/blower assemblies configured to connect to the midplane of the chassis assembly through a front of the housing in a field replaceable manner, and a set of computing devices configured to connect to the midplane of the chassis assembly through a back of the housing in a field replaceable manner. By way of example, the set of computing devices is adapted to move data into and out of a set of disk drives on behalf of a set of external host computers.