A disk array device can carry out battery backup including a destage
process of data by a battery mounted in a case body of the disk array
device and can enhance instantaneous power failure durability to an
instantaneous power failure. A logic box mounts a channel controlling
unit, a disk controlling unit, a cache memory and a switch; and a hard
disk box mounts a plurality of memory devices. A battery box mounts a
nickel hydrogen battery for supplying a backup power source at the time
of a power failure and is disposed at a lower portion of each case body
including the logic box and the hard disk box. The nickel hydrogen
battery of the battery box is cooled through natural convection of air
created inside the case body by a fan for cooling each of the logic box
and the hard disk box.