Disk array apparatus
View Patent ↗A disk array apparatus comprises a casing, a disk drive group configured by a plurality of disk drives, a controller unit configured by a plurality of circuit substrates, a plurality of cooling fans, and backflow prevention members. The plurality of cooling fans is provided so as to be aligned between the disk drive group and the controller unit in the casing. The backflow prevention members are provided so as to protrude on the side of the disk drive group or on the side of the controller unit from between the cooling fans while extending to define a space on the inlet side or the outlet side of the cooling fans.
1. A disk array apparatus comprising:
a casing having an inlet on one side and an outlet on the other side;
a disk drive group configured by a plurality of disk drives that are arranged on one side in said casing;
a controller unit configured by a plurality of circuit substrates that are arranged on the other side in said casing; and
a plurality of cooling fans for ventilating said disk drive group and said controller unit, wherein:
said plurality of cooling fans are arranged between said disk drive group and said controller unit in said casing and are provided while being aligned so as to draw in cooling air from the side of said disk drive group and makes the cooling air flow to the side of said controller unit; and
backflow prevention members are provided so as to protrude on the side of said disk drive group or on the side of said controller unit from between said cooling fans while extending so as to define a space on the inlet side or on the outlet side of the cooling fans.
2. The disk array apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
each of said backflow prevention members extends so as to protrude on the side of said disk drive group or on the side of said controller unit from between each of the cooling fans, which are positioned at both ends and are adjacent to both wall faces of said casing, and each of the cooling fans, which are positioned on the middle side and are adjacent to the cooling fans that are positioned at both ends.
3. The disk array apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
each of said backflow prevention members extends so as to protrude on the side of said controller unit towards the outlet of said casing from between each of cooling fans, which are positioned at both ends and are adjacent to the wall faces of said casing, and each of the cooling fans, which are positioned on the middle side and are adjacent to the cooling fans that are positioned at both ends, while providing a space between each of said backflow prevention members and each of the wall faces of said casing.
4. The disk array apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
a power source is arranged in space formed between said backflow prevention member and the wall face of said casing and a cooling fan is provided on the outlet side of the space.
5. The disk array apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
each of said backflow prevention members extends so as to become closer to each of the wall faces of said casing as it gets farther apart from said cooling fans while providing a space for ventilation between each of the tip ends of the backflow prevention members and each of the wall faces of said casing.
6. The disk array apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
each of said backflow prevention members extends up to each of the wall faces of said casing from between said cooling fans while protruding on the side of said controller unit and there is formed each of auxiliary outlets in communication with each of spaces formed by each of the both wall faces of said casing and each of said backflow prevention members.
7. The disk array apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a resistive element, on which a plurality of ventilating holes are uniformly formed, is provided between said aligned cooling fans and the disk drive group and said backflow prevention members are provided between said resistive element and the cooling fans.
8. The disk array apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
said backflow prevention members are provided so as to define all boundaries between said cooling fans that are aligned.
9. A disk array apparatus comprising:
a casing having an inlet on one side and an outlet on the other side;
a disk drive group configured by a plurality of disk drives that are arranged on one side in said casing;
a controller unit configured by a plurality of circuit substrates that are arranged on the other side in said casing; and
a plurality of cooling fans for ventilating said disk drive group and said controller unit, wherein:
said plurality of cooling fans are arranged between said disk drive group and said controller unit in said casing and are provided while being aligned so as to draw in cooling air from the side of said disk drive group and makes the cooling air flow to the side of said controller unit; and
the disk drives within each of the specified areas in the vicinities of the cooling fans positioned at both ends in said casing are dummies.