Disk Bracket Button Design for Accidental Dismounting Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
The narrow dimensions of disk drives in high-density storage servers lead to reduced heat dissipation and increased risk of accidental dismounting, causing data corruption or loss due to the close spacing between drives.
Innovation Solution
A disk arrangement apparatus with a detachable bracket and button design, featuring an inclined or curved second surface to provide additional operation space, a lever for simplified mounting and dismounting, and ventilation holes for improved cooling, preventing accidental touch and data loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the spacing between adjacent disk drives is reduced to increase storage density, then the number of disk drives per unit space increases, but the risk of accidental touch and data corruption increases
Solution Approach 1:
A button mechanism is introduced as an intermediary component between the user and the disk drive mounting structure. The button must be deliberately pressed to activate the release mechanism, serving as a mediator that prevents accidental dismounting while maintaining high storage density through close spacing of disk drives
2Quantity of substance
If the dimension of disk drives is decreased to increase storage capacity, then more drives fit in available space, but heat dissipation capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The solution addresses heat dissipation by introducing ventilation holes in the bracket structure, utilizing the vertical and lateral dimensions for air flow channels. This allows effective cooling of compactly arranged disk drives by creating three-dimensional ventilation paths without increasing the horizontal footprint
3Productivity
If the spacing between disk drives is reduced to 1.9 mm to achieve high-density storage, then storage efficiency improves, but the available mark area for parameter information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides mechanical support for the disk drive, incorporates ventilation holes for heat dissipation, and includes a built-in marking area that displays parameter information such as disk capacity and model. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate labeling space while maintaining high storage density
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AI summary
Techniques arrange a disk, a storage device, and a disk array. Such techniques involve: a bracket configured to be detachably coupled to a rack; and a button arranged in the bracket and configured to be movable under the action of an external force to decouple the bracket from the rack, wherein a first end of the button is configured to be operated by a user, and the end surface of the first end includes a first surface and a second surface, the second surface extending from the first surface towards a second end, opposite to the first end, of the button. Accordingly, such techniques not only can avoid accidental touch, improve heat dissipation efficiency, and provide a mark area, but also can help prevent loss of user data in a storage device and a disk array.