Super Micro Computer, Inc.
DATA STORAGE MODULE AND SYSTEM HOST HAVING THE SAME

Abstract:

A data storage module includes an adapter and at least two data storage units. The adapter includes a hybrid port and at least two transmit ports coupled to the hybrid port, and the hybrid port is a hybrid U.2 transmission interface compatible with transmission protocols of SATA, SAS, and NVMe. Each of the data storage units has a transmission protocol different from that of other data storage units and coupling one of the compatible transmit ports according to a defined transmission protocol. A system host communicates for data storage or data access with each of the data storage units through the hybrid port and each of the transmit ports correspondingly coupled to each of the data storage units in the meantime.