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drive bay

standard-sized area for adding drives or other hardware to a computer
Class type of: connector, container Q3715386

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
technical standard
More facts +9
Subclass of
connector, container[2][3]
Part of
computer case, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage[4][5][6]
Connects with
drive[13]
Contains
drive, simulacrum[14][15]
Different from
Device Bay[12]
Has characteristic
hot swapping, drive form factor[10][11]
Has part(s)
backplane, tray[7][8]
Has parts
backplane, tray
Standards body
Small Form Factor Committee[9]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/053whk
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778452830

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🔗 Connections
Part of 3
computer case, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage
Contains 2
simulacrum, drive
Has part(s) 2
tray, backplane
Belongs to 1
computer case
Connects with 1
drive
Has characteristic 1
hot swapping
Has these parts 1
backplane
Instance of 1
technical standard
Subclass of 1
container
← Connects with 1
drive
← Has part(s) of the class 1
Xserve RAID
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Summary

drive bay is a technical standard[1].

Body

Geography

Part of include computer case[4]; network-attached storage[5], a type of computer memory or storage[16], founded in 1980[17]; and direct-attached storage[6].

Related Entities

backplane computer case direct-attached storage drive Xserve RAID

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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