Feature Requests. Log in. Search Everywhere Threads This forum This thread. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. Everywhere Threads This forum This thread. Search Advanced…. New posts. Search forums. Needing rackable systems help. Thread starter Lyttek Start date Aug 4, JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Lyttek Well-Known Member. Here, the first support flange a contacts the top of the first computer a to prevent the first computer a from being inadvertently dislodged upwards out of the desired location.
In addition, the first support flange a would provide upward support for any computer that was inserted into the bay Similarly, the second support flange b currently provides upward support for the second computer b , and could provide a downward retaining support for any computer inserted into the bay In accordance with various embodiments, the support flanges may provide an inexpensive structure for reliably supporting the computers in the rack assembly In conventional systems, each horizontal support rail in a rack assembly is manually attached to the vertical supports of the rack frame.
Although this may provide flexibility in accommodating differently sized computer chassis, the assembly process can be very time-consuming and does not facilitate rapid deployment of large numbers of computer systems. In contrast, the support plates incorporating the support flanges can be very rapidly and inexpensively manufactured and installed into the rack assembly Using the illustrated embodiment, the support rails for all of the computers for a section of a rack assembly or for an entire side of a rack assembly can be installed by attaching a pair of support plates to the rack frame If it is desired to use differently sized computer chassis in the rack assembly , the support plates can be quickly removed and replaced with a support plate having support flanges formed with the desired spacing.
When the support plates and support flanges are formed from single sheets of metal, the cost of replacing the support plates may be negligible relative to the ease of assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, the computer comprises a computer chassis having an improved design and form factor. In order to increase the number of computers that can be mounted in a single rack, these manufacturers typically reduce the height of the chassis but maintain the width.
A typical 1U server may have a height of approximately 1. While this chassis form factor may be suitable for housing wide, flat components, it is not convenient for containing tall components. In addition, with an exterior height of just 1. Although 2U, 3U, or 4U height chassis are available, these conventional systems typically maintain the same width as the conventional 1U server. The computer comprises a computer chassis having a height, H C , of approximately 3.
In this embodiment, the computer chassis has a width-to-height ratio of approximately 3. A conventional 1U rack-mount server may have a width-to-height ratio of approximately Even a 2U rack-mount server may have a width-to-height ratio of greater than 4. As shown in FIG. For example, in FIG. Thus, the main board fills substantially the entire width of the computer chassis In conventional rack-mount computers, many of the various computer components, such as the hard drives, removable media drives, and power supply, are positioned adjacent to the main board.
In the computer , because the main board consumes substantially the entire interior width of the computer chassis , there is no room adjacent to the main board available for the placement of additional components.
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, due to the increased height of the computer chassis , these components may be mounted above the main board Another advantage of utilizing a taller form factor computer chassis is that processors having tall heat sinks may be used, as shown in FIG. Tall heat sinks may comprise a plurality of heat-conducting fins that draw heat away from the processors and onto the fins, where the heat can be drawn away by the cooling air flowing past the fins.
Increasing the height of the heat sinks may improve the heat sinks' ability to cool the processors It may be desirable to position large computer components, such as the power supply , above the main board but laterally adjacent to the processors and heat sinks As a result, cooling air which flows front-to-back i. In other words, these computers may be mounted such that the front half of the rack assembly supports two stacks of computers and the back half of the rack assembly support another two stacks of computers The rack assembly may have, e.
In this embodiment, the rack assembly contains a plurality of cluster modules a - f , each cluster module containing a plurality of computers These computers are oriented vertically, in contrast with the horizontal mounting of computers shown in FIG. The cluster module chassis comprises a plurality of computer bays and a plurality of rack-mountable flanges The cluster module chassis can be mounted in the rack assembly , for example, by attaching the flanges to vertical supports in the rack assembly using thumbscrews.
Each cluster module chassis may, for example, be formed of sheet metal and be In FIG. In this view, it can be seen that the cluster module chassis may comprise a rear support , similar to the rear support described above and in greater detail in U.
In the computer system , shown in FIG. In other embodiments, one or more cluster modules may be mounted in the rack assembly adjacent to computers having conventional form factors, such as, e.
In this way, the computers can be utilized in a mixed-computer environment without requiring installation of dedicated rack assemblies This cluster module may be installed in a rack assembly similar to rack assembly , but without the support flanges for each individual computer Thus, the same cluster module can be deployed in both horizontal and vertical orientations, enabling the cluster module to be used in a wide variety of rack assembly configurations.
While the invention has been described in terms of particular embodiments and illustrative figures, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments or figures described. For example, many of the embodiments described above refer to the computer systems being utilized as part of a server farm. In other embodiments, the computer systems may be used for other purposes, such as, for example, storage arrays.
The figures provided are merely representational and may not be drawn to scale. Certain proportions thereof may be exaggerated, while others may be minimized. The figures are intended to illustrate various implementations of the invention that can be understood and appropriately carried out by those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, it should be understood that the invention can be practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
The description is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. It should be understood that the invention can be practiced with modification and alteration and that the invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof. A computer system comprising: a rack frame;. The system of claim 1 , wherein: each of the first plurality of support rails comprises a flange extending from the first plate body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first plate body; and.
The system of claim 1 , wherein: each of the plurality of computer chassis comprises an operational computer including a main board and a processor. A computer system, comprising: a rack frame;. The system of claim 4 , wherein: the first plate body defines a first plane;. The rack-mounted computer system of claim 4 , wherein: each of said first plurality of support rails being formed from a first flange which is cut into said first plate and bend inwardly such that the flange is perpendicular with the first plate, and each of said second plurality of support rails being formed from a second flange cut into said second plate and bend inwardly such that the flange is perpendicular with the second plate.
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