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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Shanghai, CN;
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Long Shen, Shanghai, CN;
Ji-Peng Xu, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A server comprises two mainboards, disposed on a base plate. The mainboards comprise a plurality of expander cards and an electrical module. The electrical module is provided with at least one first storage device. Each mainboard further comprises a daughter card disposed between the base plate and the electrical module. The expander card or the daughter card is served as a system-tray of the electrical module by the at least one first storage device of the electrical module, so as to manage a disk array for a plurality of second storage devices of the server. This ensures that when the storage device of the mainboard is malfunctioned, it doesn't need to turn off the server for repairing. Under a condition of not affect normal function of the server, more electrical elements are provided to a limited space so as to increase or upgrade the function of the server.