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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Masahiro Sone, Numadu, JP;
Masahiro Sone, Numadu, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention includes a plurality of disk units for storing data from a host computer, a plurality of power supply apparatuses for supplying DC power to each of the disk units via main power supply wirings, and a redundant power supply apparatus for generating, with any one of the disk units among the plurality of disk units as a load, DC power to the load. As auxiliary power supply wirings for guiding the output of the redundant power supply apparatus to each of the disk units, a common power supply wiring that is common to each of the power supply apparatuses, a plurality of branch power supply wirings branching from the common power supply wiring and connected to each of the disk units, and a redundant power supply wiring for connecting the redundant power supply apparatus and the common power supply wiring are wired to a backboard.