Abstract: A disk drive test apparatus has a plurality of bays each for receiving a respective disk drive to be tested. A plurality of card slots are provided each for receiving a test card via which a disk drive can be tested. Each of the test cards is either an environment test card or an interface test card. The card slots and the test cards are arranged such that each card slot (6) can selectively receive an environment test card or an interface test card. Other arrangements for disk drive test apparatus or disk drive mounting apparatus are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 9, 2005
Publication date:
November 1, 2007
Applicant:
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY
Inventors:
Andrew Atkins, Steve Bailey, David Farquhar, David Orriss, Kevin Richardson