CN218768046U

CN218768046U - Computer cluster equipment

Info

Publication number: CN218768046U
Application number: CN202223221351.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚永刚
Original assignee: Shenzhen Tianwai Innovation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Tianwai Innovation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-01
Filing date: 2022-12-01
Publication date: 2023-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-01

Abstract

The utility model provides a computer cluster equipment, include: a chassis; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes, wherein each computer node is arranged in the case, each computer node is provided with a display card and a mainboard, each display card at least comprises a first display card and a second display card, and the mainboard is arranged below the first display card and the second display card. The computer cluster has higher performance and can meet the requirements of different application scenes.

Description

Computer cluster equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a computer technology field, concretely relates to computer cluster equipment.

Background

With the development of communication technology, computer clusters play an increasingly important role in many fields such as weather and experimental simulation, and are computer technologies with which the development of modern industry is not negligible. Computer clusters are typically connected by an integrated set of computer hardware or software for performing computations with a high degree of closeness of cooperation. A cluster of computers may be considered generally as a single computer, and the individual computers within the cluster may be referred to as nodes, which are typically connected by a local area network, but may be connected by other connections. Computer clusters are commonly used to increase the operating speed and reliability of computers.

In the existing cluster equipment, generally, a main board of each node can only support one display card, so that the processing capacity of a single node of the cluster is limited, and other requirements with higher performance requirements cannot be met. Therefore, the current cluster equipment has the problem of weak single-node performance.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a computer cluster device for solving the above-mentioned problems existing in the prior art.

To achieve the above and other related objects, a first aspect of the present invention provides a computer cluster device, comprising: a chassis; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes, wherein each computer node is arranged in the case, each computer node is provided with a display card and a mainboard, each display card at least comprises a first display card and a second display card, and the mainboard is arranged under the first display card and the second display card.

In an embodiment of the utility model, the machine incasement portion is equipped with 8 the computer node, including 4 preceding nodes and 4 back nodes, preceding node with the length of back node all does not exceed half of machine case length.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a partition board is disposed inside the case, one side of the partition board and the case form a first accommodating space, the other side of the partition board and the case form a second accommodating space, each of the front nodes is disposed in the first accommodating space, and each of the rear nodes is disposed in the second accommodating space.

In an embodiment of the present invention, 4 front node slots are disposed in the first accommodating space, 4 rear node slots are disposed in the second accommodating space, each front node is disposed in each front node slot, and each rear node is disposed in each rear node slot.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the front nodes is provided with a front node fan assembly, each of the rear nodes is provided with a rear node fan assembly, and the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly are located in different fan orientations inside the case.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the computer cluster device further includes a power module, the power module is disposed in the second accommodating space.

In an embodiment of the utility model, computer cluster equipment still includes power backplate and power extension plate, the power extension plate is located the power backplate with between the power module, the power extension plate with the power backplate with power module links to each other.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a node power board is disposed in each computer node, and each node power board is connected to the power backplane.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the power module includes 4 power supplies, and the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly all include 5 fans.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first display card or the second display card is a three-slot display card.

As described above, the computer cluster device according to one or more embodiments of the present invention has the following advantages:

the computer cluster apparatus includes: a chassis; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes, wherein each computer node is arranged in the case, each computer node is provided with a display card and a mainboard, each display card at least comprises a first display card and a second display card, and the mainboard is arranged under the first display card and the second display card. This application computer cluster equipment is through improving the mainboard for can set up two at least display cards on the mainboard, thereby promote through many display cards the performance of computer cluster single node. Therefore, the computer cluster has higher performance and can meet the requirements of different application scenes.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an oblique view of the computer cluster device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer node in the computer cluster device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the computer cluster device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the computer cluster device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the power backplane, the power extension board, and the power module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the element reference numerals

1. Computer cluster equipment

11. Cabinet

12. Computer node

121. First display card

122. Second display card

123. Main board

124. Fan assembly

1241. Fan with cooling device

13. Partition board

14. Power supply module

15. Power supply backboard

16. Power supply extension board

17. Management unit interface

Detailed Description

The following description is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description.

It should be understood that the structure, ratio, size and the like shown in the drawings attached to the present specification are only used for matching with the content disclosed in the specification, so as to be known and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used for limiting the limit conditions that the present invention can be implemented, so that the present invention has no technical essential meaning, and any structure modification, ratio relationship change or size adjustment should still fall within the scope that the technical content disclosed in the present invention can cover without affecting the function that the present invention can produce and the purpose that the present invention can achieve.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art. In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. "beneath," "under" and "beneath" a first feature includes the first feature being directly beneath and obliquely beneath the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the existing cluster equipment, generally, a main board of each node can only support one video card, so that the processing capacity of a cluster single node is limited, and other requirements with higher performance requirements cannot be met. Therefore, the current cluster equipment has the problem of weak single-node performance. At least to this problem, the utility model provides a computer cluster equipment, computer cluster equipment includes: a chassis; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes, wherein each computer node is arranged in the case, each computer node is provided with a display card and a mainboard, each display card at least comprises a first display card and a second display card, and the mainboard is arranged below the first display card and the second display card. This application computer cluster equipment is through improving the mainboard for can set up two at least display cards on the mainboard, thereby promote through many display cards the performance of computer cluster single node. Therefore, the computer cluster has higher performance and can meet the requirements of different application scenes.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the computer cluster device 1 includes a chassis 11; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes 12, wherein each computer node 12 is arranged inside a case 11, each computer node 12 is provided with a display card and a mainboard 123, each display card at least comprises a first display card 121 and a second display card 122, and the mainboard 123 is arranged below the first display card 121 and the second display card 122.

Optionally, the height dimension of the computer cluster device 1 does not exceed 8U, and the width of the computer cluster device 1 does not exceed 19 inches. The height and the width of the computer cluster device 1 may be the height and the width of the chassis 11, and the length of the chassis 11 is not specifically limited in this embodiment, and may be flexibly set according to actual requirements.

Optionally, the box body material of the chassis 11 may be a galvanized steel plate with a thickness of 1mm-3mm, and the chassis made of the galvanized steel plate has a certain anti-corrosion capability and is lower in manufacturing cost compared with paint.

Optionally, because the conventional motherboard only has one graphics card slot, and only can support a single graphics card, the motherboard 123 of this embodiment can split the graphics card interface of the conventional motherboard, so that the graphics card interface can be used in two by one, thereby enabling the motherboard 123 to support at least two graphics cards.

Optionally, the computer node 12 is further provided with a boot board, a hard disk, a half-high PICE (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, high speed serial computer expansion bus standard) card, and the like, where the half-high PICE card may be directly inserted into the slot of the motherboard 123, and the connection of other boot boards, hard disks, and the like in the computer node 12 is not described herein again using this embodiment.

Optionally, 8 computer nodes 12 are arranged inside the chassis 11, and include 4 front nodes and 4 rear nodes, where the lengths of the front nodes and the rear nodes do not exceed half of the length of the chassis 11. The length of the front node and the length of the rear node may be the length of the computer node 12 in the x direction in fig. 2, and the length of the chassis 11 may be the length of the chassis in the x direction in fig. 1. Each of the computer nodes 12 may be disposed in a plurality of drawer racks, and the length of the drawer rack may be regarded as the length of the computer node 12, and this embodiment does not limit the computer node 12 to be disposed in the drawer rack, and may be an accommodating structure similar to the drawer rack.

Optionally, a partition plate 13 is disposed inside the case 11, a first accommodating space is formed between one side of the partition plate 13 and the case 11, a second accommodating space is formed between the other side of the partition plate 13 and the case 11, each front node is disposed in the first accommodating space, and each rear node is disposed in the second accommodating space. The first accommodating space and the second accommodating space may be closed spaces or non-closed spaces, which is not limited explicitly in this embodiment. The partition 13 may be directly fixed in the middle of the inside of the cabinet 11, and the partition 13 is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the cabinet 11.

Optionally, 4 front node slots are arranged in the first accommodating space, 4 rear node slots are arranged in the second accommodating space, each front node is arranged in each front node slot, and each rear node is arranged in each rear node slot. The front node slot is matched with the appearance of the front node, and the rear node slot is matched with the appearance of the rear node. When each of the front nodes and each of the rear nodes are disposed in each of the drawer shelves, the drawer shelves are embedded in each of the front node slots and each of the rear node slots, so that the drawer shelves can be fixed in the computer cluster device 1, and when a failure occurs in a computer node, the corresponding drawer shelf can be directly pulled out for maintenance.

Optionally, a plurality of node partition plates parallel to each other may be disposed in the first accommodating space, each node partition plate is perpendicular to the bottom of the chassis 11, a plurality of front node slots are defined by the node partition plates, one side of the partition plate 13 and the chassis 11, and each front node may be disposed in each front node slot. Similarly, a plurality of rear node slots may be defined by the corresponding node partition plate in the second accommodating space, the other side of the partition plate 13 and the case 11, and each rear node may be disposed in each rear node slot.

Optionally, each computer node 12 is provided with a fan assembly 124, each front node is provided with a front node fan assembly therein, each rear node is provided with a rear node fan assembly therein, and the fan orientations of the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly in the interior of the chassis are different. The fan orientations of the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly can be the air outlet direction of the fan in the front node fan assembly and the air outlet direction of the fan in the rear node fan assembly. For example, an arrow is provided in a conventional chassis fan, and a wind direction pointed by the arrow is a wind direction blown out by air, that is, a wind direction of an air outlet of the chassis fan. It should be noted that the internal configuration of each front node is substantially identical to the internal configuration of each rear node, except that the wind direction orientations of the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly are different, and the front node may be used as the rear node by changing the wind direction orientation of the front node fan assembly so that the wind direction orientation of the front node fan assembly is the same as the wind direction orientation of the rear node fan assembly, for example, when the wind direction orientation of the front node fan assembly is 180 degrees different from the wind direction orientation of the rear node fan assembly, the front node fan assembly may be rotated 180 degrees so that the fan orientations of the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly are the same. Similarly, the rear node can be used as a front node by changing the wind direction of the rear node fan assembly. In addition, the rotation speed of the fans in the front and rear node fan assemblies may be controlled according to the main board 123.

Optionally, each of the front node slots is provided with a first limiting structure, the first limiting structure is configured to enable the front node fan assembly in the front node to be only arranged in the front node slot in a direction facing a first wind direction, each of the rear node slots is provided with a second limiting structure, and the second limiting structure is configured to enable the rear node fan assembly in the rear node to be only arranged in the rear node slot in a direction facing a second wind direction. The wind direction orientation of the front node fan assembly in the front node can be changed into the second wind direction orientation, so that the front node can be arranged in the rear node slot, and the wind direction orientation of the rear node fan assembly in the rear node is changed into the first wind direction orientation, so that the rear node can be arranged in the front node slot.

Optionally, the computer cluster device 1 further includes a power module 14, and the power module 14 is disposed in the second accommodating space. The power module 14 can convert 220V ac into low-voltage dc required by each component in the computer node 12, the power module 14 may be a hot-plug power module commonly used by a server, and the power module 14 may be plugged from the rear side of the chassis. Compared with the case that each computer node 12 in the computer cluster device 1 is provided with an independent power supply, the integration level of the computer cluster device 1 can be improved by arranging the power supply module 14 in the second accommodating space, so that the size of the computer cluster device 1 is reduced. In addition, if an independent power supply is provided for each computer node 12, hot air generated by the independent power supply in each computer node 12 flows in the chassis 11, so as to affect the heat dissipation performance of each computer node 12, and in this embodiment, the power module 14 is provided in the second accommodating space, so that adverse effects of the power supply on the heat dissipation of the computer cluster device 1 can be avoided to the greatest extent.

Optionally, the computer cluster apparatus 1 further includes a power backplane 15 and a power extension board 16, the power extension board 16 is disposed between the power backplane 15 and the power module 14, and the power extension board 16 is connected to the power backplane 15 and the power module 14. The power supply backplane 15 is provided with a plurality of expansion interfaces, each of the expansion interfaces may be connected to a main control board or other board cards of the computer cluster device 1, and the power supply extension board may convert the power supply voltage of the power supply module 14 into a voltage required by each electronic circuit of the computer cluster device 1. For the sake of saving description space, the main control board and other boards of the computer cluster device 1 are not described in detail in this embodiment. By arranging a plurality of expansion interfaces on the power backplane 15, corresponding components and circuit boards can be added to the computer cluster device 1 according to the requirements of different users, for example, the expansion interfaces can be a management unit interface 17, so as to realize that the computer cluster device 1 has a remote management function, when the computer cluster device 1 has the remote management function, the computer cluster device 1 can be directly arranged in a computer room, the influence of noise, radiation and the like of the computer cluster device 1 on personnel can be reduced, and the problem that the computer cluster device 1 is more easily damaged in a public environment and the like can be avoided.

Optionally, a node power board is disposed in each computer node 12, and each node power board is connected to the power backplane 15. The power supply back plate 15 is provided with interfaces of front nodes and rear nodes, the node power supply board of each front node and the node power supply board of each rear node can be inserted into the power supply back plate 15, and operation and processing are troublesome when wires are pulled out due to the fact that the node power supply boards and the power supply back plate 15 are connected through wires, and therefore the connection mode is safe. By arranging the node power supply board in the computer cluster device 1, the computer nodes 12 in the computer cluster device 1 can be plugged and unplugged, and each computer node 12 can support hot plugging, that is, each computer node 12 can replace a hard disk and the like in each computer node 12 without cutting off the power supply. In addition, the node power supply board of each front node may be disposed at the front side of the chassis 11, the node power supply board of each rear node may be disposed at the rear side of the chassis 11, each front node may be plugged from the front side of the chassis 11, and each rear node may be plugged from the rear side of the chassis 11.

Preferably, the power module 14 includes 4 power supplies, and the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly each include 5 fans 1241. Each of the fans 1241 supports hot plugging. By arranging 4 power supplies in the power supply module 14, when one of the power supplies fails, the normal operation of the computer cluster device 1 is not affected. In addition, the size of each fan 1241 may be a fan with a blade diameter of 6 cm or more, that is, a fan with a blade diameter of 6 cm or more, the size of each fan 1241 is related to the size of the chassis 11, the size of each fan 1241 may be compatible with the size of the chassis 11, and the size and the number of each fan 1241 may be improved adaptively according to the size of the chassis 11.

Optionally, the drawer rack further includes a handle, the front node fan assembly in each front node is disposed on a side away from the handle, and a housing is disposed outside each fan 1241 in the front node fan assembly, and the housing may be detachably fixed on the drawer rack. Similarly, the setting of the rear node fan assembly in each rear node is not described in detail in this embodiment. Through setting up the handle, can be in when preceding node or back node breaks down, convenient processing trouble improves computer cluster equipment 1's practicality.

Optionally, a fixing plate is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the case 11, the fixing plate is provided with a plurality of air inlet holes, the fixing plate can be arranged between the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly, the fixing plate can improve the structural strength of the case 11, and the flow of the case 11 and the outside air can be accelerated by arranging the corresponding air inlet holes, so that the overall heat dissipation capacity of the computer cluster device 1 is improved.

Optionally, the first display card 121 or the second display card 122 is a three-slot display card. The first display card 121 or the second display card 122 may be electrically connected to the motherboard 123 through a PCIE signal extension line, or may be directly inserted into the motherboard 123, and this embodiment does not specifically limit the connection manner between the first display card 121 or the second display card 122 and the motherboard 123.

As can be seen from the above description, the computer cluster device 1 includes a chassis 11; the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes 12, wherein each computer node 12 is arranged inside a case 11, each computer node 12 is provided with a display card and a mainboard 123, each display card at least comprises a first display card 121 and a second display card 122, and the mainboard 123 is arranged below the first display card 121 and the second display card 122. This application computer cluster equipment is through improving the mainboard for can set up two at least display cards on the mainboard, thereby promote through many display cards the performance of computer cluster single node. Therefore, the computer cluster has higher performance and can meet the requirements of different application scenes.

To sum up, the utility model discloses one or more embodiments computer cluster equipment can possess higher performance, consequently the utility model discloses various shortcomings in the prior art have effectively been overcome and high industry value is possessed.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Modifications and variations can be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A computer cluster apparatus, comprising:

a chassis;

the computer system comprises a plurality of computer nodes, wherein each computer node is arranged in the case, each computer node is provided with a display card and a mainboard, each display card at least comprises a first display card and a second display card, and the mainboard is arranged under the first display card and the second display card.

2. The computer cluster apparatus of claim 1, wherein 8 computer nodes are provided inside the chassis, including 4 front nodes and 4 rear nodes, and the lengths of the front nodes and the rear nodes do not exceed half of the length of the chassis.

3. The computer cluster device according to claim 2, wherein a partition is disposed inside the enclosure, one side of the partition forms a first accommodating space with the enclosure, the other side of the partition forms a second accommodating space with the enclosure, each front node is disposed in the first accommodating space, and each rear node is disposed in the second accommodating space.

4. The computer cluster device of claim 3, wherein the first receiving space has 4 front node slots therein, the second receiving space has 4 rear node slots therein, each front node is disposed in each front node slot, and each rear node is disposed in each rear node slot.

5. The computer cluster apparatus of claim 4, wherein a front node fan assembly is disposed within each of the front nodes, a rear node fan assembly is disposed within each of the rear nodes, and the front node fan assembly and the rear node fan assembly have different fan orientations within the chassis.

6. The computer cluster device of claim 5, further comprising a power module disposed in the second receiving space.

7. The computer cluster apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a power backplane and a power extension board, the power extension board being disposed between the power backplane and the power module, the power extension board being connected to the power backplane and the power module.

8. The computer cluster facility of claim 7, wherein a node power strip is disposed in each computer node, and each node power strip is connected to the power backplane.

9. The computer cluster apparatus of claim 8, wherein the power module includes 4 power supplies, and wherein the front node fan assembly and the back node fan assembly each include 5 fans.

10. The computer cluster device of claim 1, wherein the first graphics card or the second graphics card is a three-slot graphics card.