Claims
- 1. An apparatus, comprising:
a printed circuit board; a plurality of storage devices each dimensioned of a first form factor; a plurality of connectors coupled to the plurality of storage devices and said printed circuit board to electrically coupled said plurality of storage devices to said printed circuit board; and a mounting apparatus mechanically coupled to the plurality of storage devices, said mounting apparatus dimensioned to a disk drive of a second form factor that is of a larger dimension than the first form factor.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plurality of storage devices are 2.5 SFF disk drives.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second form factor is a 3.5 inch form factor.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a RAID controller mounted on said printed circuit board and electrically coupled to said plurality of storage devices.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said RAID controller is for coupling to a host to write data to and read data from said plurality of storage devices in accordance with a RAID type.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said RAID controller is for coupling to a primary RAID controller to write data to and read data from said plurality of storage devices in accordance with a RAID type.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said RAID type includes one or more of the following: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, and RAID 5.
- 8. A data storage apparatus, comprising:
a printed circuit board including a RAID controller and a connector; a plurality of storage devices each dimensioned of a first form factor; a plurality of connectors coupled to the plurality of storage devices and said printed circuit board to electrically coupled said plurality of storage devices to said printed circuit board; and a mounting apparatus mechanically coupled to the plurality of storage devices, said mounting apparatus dimensioned to a disk drive of a second form factor that is of a larger dimension than the first form factor.
- 9. The data storage apparatus of claim 8 wherein said plurality of storage devices are 2.5 SFF disk drives.
- 10. The data storage apparatus of claim 8 wherein said second form factor is a 3.5 inch form factor.
- 11. The data storage apparatus of claim 8 wherein said RAID controller is coupled to a host to write data to and read data from said plurality of storage devices in accordance with a RAID type.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said RAID controller is coupled to a primary RAID controller to write data to and read data from said plurality of storage devices in accordance with a RAID type.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said RAID type includes one or more of the following: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, and RAID 5.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This non-provisional application claims priority from Provisional Patent Application Serial Nos. 60/424,130 and 60/424,348, filed Nov. 6, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. This non-provisional application is being filed concurrently with U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled “______,” the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60424130 |
Nov 2002 |
US |
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60424348 |
Nov 2002 |
US |