Method of assembling mass storage device for a computer system
View Patent ↗A method and mass storage device that combine multiple solid state drives (SSDs) to a single volume. The device includes a carrier board and at least two solid state drives having power and data connections to the carrier board. The carrier board includes a circuit board functionally connected to a control logic and at least two secondary connectors that are disposed at different edges of the circuit board and functionally connected to the control logic. The solid state drives are connected to the carrier board through the secondary connectors, and each solid state drive has a power and data connector directly connected to one of the secondary connectors of the carrier board. The solid state drives are oriented substantially parallel to the carrier board and to each other.
1. A method of assembling a mass storage device for a computer system, the method comprising:
providing a carrier board comprising a circuit board functionally connected to a control logic and secondary connectors disposed at different edges of the circuit board and functionally connected to the control logic through the circuit board; and
directly connecting at least two solid state drives to at least two of the secondary connectors of the carrier board to provide power and data connections therebetween, each of the solid state drives having a power and data connector that faces an interior surface region of the solid state drive and is directly connected to one of the secondary connectors of the carrier board, the solid state drives being mounted by the connectors so as to be oriented substantially parallel to the carrier board and to each other.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary connectors of the carrier board are male connectors that face outward from the carrier board, and the power and data connector of each of the solid state drives is a female connector.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the edges at which the secondary connectors are disposed are opposite edges of the circuit board, the carrier board is positioned between the solid state drives, and the solid state drives overlap each other.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solid state drives are in the same plane on one side of the carrier board.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control logic is mounted on the circuit board of the carrier board and is connected to a primary connector means comprising an edge connector disposed on an edge of the circuit board.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control logic is mounted on an interface/control board and is connected to a primary connector means comprising an edge connector disposed on an edge of the interface/control board, the method further comprising connecting the interface/control board to the carrier board so as to functionally connect the circuit board of the carrier board to the control logic on the interface/control board.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of placing the carrier board and the solid state drives in an enclosure conforming to an industry standard hard disk drive form factor.