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A hard disk assembly including a disk drive assembly, and a carrier board is disclosed. The disk drive assembly includes a connector having a form factor corresponding to a particular interface specification, drive control electronics, and a disk drive unit. Additionally, the hard disk assembly may

A hard disk assembly including a disk drive assembly, and a carrier board is disclosed. The disk drive assembly includes a connector having a form factor corresponding to a particular interface specification, drive control electronics, and a disk drive unit. Additionally, the hard disk assembly may include an adapter to provide a mechanical and electrical interface between the connector associated with the disk drive assembly and a corresponding connector on a midplane of a disk storage subsystem. The disk drive assembly may be disposed in one of at least first and second predetermined locations on the carrier board. The adapter is employed to provide the appropriate mechanical and electrical interface between the connector of the disk drive assembly and the midplane connector of the disk storage subsystem.

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A storage carrier device for use in a disk storage subsystem having a midplane card and a midplane card connector mounted on said midplane and for carrying one of a first disk drive unit and a second disk drive unit, wherein said first disk drive unit has a first disk drive unit connector which is c

A storage carrier device for use in a disk storage subsystem having a midplane card and a midplane card connector mounted on said midplane and for carrying one of a first disk drive unit and a second disk drive unit, wherein said first disk drive unit has a first disk drive unit connector which is compatible with said midplane card connector and said second disk drive unit has a second disk drive unit connector which is incompatible with said midplane card connector, said storage carrier device comprising: a carrier board having a first end and a second end, said carrier board having first and second pluralities of openings defining respective first and second mounting positions for respective first and second disk drive units and wherein said carrier board is adapted to receive one of the first disk drive unit in the first mounting position and the second disk drive unit in the second mounting position and wherein said carrier board has a seated mounting position within said disk storage system in which said first end of said carrier board is adjacent said midplane card connector wherein, when said one of said first and second disk drive units is said first disk drive unit, said first disk drive unit being mountable to said carrier board in said first mounting position to position said first disk drive unit connector so that it is directly mated with and electrically coupled to said midplane card connector when said carrier board is disposed in said seated mounted position; and wherein, when said disk drive unit is said second disk drive unit, said second disk drive unit being mountable to said carrier board in said second mounting position to locate said second disk drive unit connector so that it is spaced from and not directly coupled to said midplane card connector when said carrier board is disposed in said seated mounting position.