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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Odie Killen, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Paul Foisy, Dunedin, FL (US);
Robert Walker, Clearwater Beach, FL (US);
Alexander C. Worrall, Waterlooville, GB;
David M. Davis, Portsmouth, GB;
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for populating and operating a storage enclosure carrier with multiple hot swappable storage devices. In some embodiments, a carrier housing having length, width and thickness dimensions is adapted to accommodate at least one hard disc drive (HDD) having a selected HDD form factor and configured for engagement in a storage enclosure housing. A plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) each conforming to a selected SSD form factor are supported within the length, width and thickness dimensions of the carrier housing. Each of the SSDs is individually retractable from a front facing portion of the carrier housing without removal of the carrier housing from the storage enclosure housing.