CN102609070A - Apparatus for saving energy by using MAID (massive array of independent disks) technique - Google Patents
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The invention provides an apparatus for saving energy by using MAID technique. The apparatus located in a disk array cabinet comprises an information scanning module for scanning each disk slot in the disk array cabinet, acquiring and recording power management level supported by each disk, the power management level including support advanced power management, support standard power management or not support power management; an information input module for receiving a description information of a to-be-constructed RAID (redundant array of independent disks) inputted by a user, the information including the level, the capacity and the MAID level of the RAID; and a disk matching module used for matching disks to construct the RAID according to the MAID level of the RAID.
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The present invention relates to raid-array (RAID; Redundant Array of Independent Disk) technology; Relate in particular to a kind of MAID (MAID, Massive Arrays of Idle Disks) technology of utilizing and realize energy-conservation equipment.
Background technology
Raid-array (RAID; Redundant Array of Independent Disk) be a kind of polylith independently hard disk (physical hard disk) combine by different modes and form a hard disk groups (logic hard disk), thereby provide than the higher memory property of single hard disk and the technology of data backup ability.RAID has improved transfer rate through using a plurality of disks simultaneously.RAID comes significantly to improve the data throughout (Throughput) of storage system through storage simultaneously and reading of data on a plurality of disks.In RAID, can let a lot of disc drivers transmit data simultaneously, and these disc drivers logically are disc drivers, so use RAID can reach the speed of several times of single disc drivers, tens times even hundreds of times.
When high data transfer rates was provided, the energy consumption of the single relatively hard disk storage system of the energy consumption of RAID system was also much higher.In the RAID system, the disk power consumption almost accounts for 1/4th of the total power consumption of data center, accounts for the storage power consumption more than 70%.Along with the continuous upgrading of energy scarcity, user's awareness of saving energy also improves constantly.Show that according to a nearest investigation result 68% user is energy-conservation important consideration factor as the selection IT product.
If there is not energy-saving design, the RAID system is when the start operation, and wherein all disks i.e. full-speed operation always.Actual conditions are in most cases, to have only the part disk to participate in the read-write of data or metadata.Caused the significant wastage of energy consumption like this.A kind of MAID (MAID, Massive Arrays of Idle Disks) technology is arranged in the prior art, can reduce the power consumption of RAID.When not using, this technology lets them be in sleep state through closing the big disc driver of power consumption, thereby reaches the purpose that cuts down the consumption of energy.
If utilize the MAID technology to realize that RAID is energy-conservation, each disk that needs to form RAID is all supported identical MAID rank, just can reach best energy-saving effect, if wherein any disk is not supported the MAID technology, then whole RAID is not supported MAID.The normal at present hardware carrier that adopts the disk array cabinet as RAID.The disk array cabinet is a kind of chassis equipment that the polylith hard disk can be installed.In some application scenario many disk array groups are become disk array cabinet group.Disk groove position in the disk array cabinet possibly reach tens, if the situation of disk array cabinet group, then disk number of slots order maybe be more.General all is to purchase hard disk according to the needs of practical application to be installed on these installation positions in batches, so the different disk possible capacity in the disk array cabinet, type, manufacturer are also inequality.In the prior art, when creating RAID, generally be that the user adopts manual mode to select some hard disks in the disk array cabinet, dispose corresponding software and make selected hard disk form RAID.The mode of this selection hard disk can't make RAID make full use of the MAID technology to carry out energy-conservation.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of MAID of utilization technology and realize energy-conservation equipment, the energy-conservation difference between the dissimilar disks of Intelligent treatment, and the free time dish coiled with the member carry out different energy-conservation deployment.To obtain good energy-saving effect.
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of MAID (MAID) technology of utilizing to realize energy-conservation equipment, and this equipment is arranged in the disk array cabinet, comprising:
The information scanning module is used for each hard-disk slots of scanning disk disk array cabinet, obtains and write down the power management rank that each hard disk is supported, the power management rank comprises to be supported APM, support the power management of standard or do not support power management;
MIM message input module is used to receive the descriptor of the RAID that the institute of user's input will set up, comprising rank, the capacity of RAID, reaches the MAID rank of RAID;
The disk matching module is used for the MAID class information according to the RAID of said description, matees disk and sets up RAID.
Preferably, the disk that the disk matching module matees suitable power supply support level according to the MAID rank is set up RAID: if the MAID rank is MAID0, then at first in the disk of not supporting power management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID1, then at first in the disk of supporting the reference power supply management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID2, then the coupling disk is set up RAID in the disk of supporting APM; If the MAID rank is MAID3, then at first in the disk of supporting APM, matees disk and set up RAID.
Preferably, this equipment further comprises:
Energy-conservation rank adjusting module is used to preserve the IO visit closeness and the corresponding MAID rank thereof that are provided with in advance, and the IO access times of adding up the RAID of having set up, and the IO visit closeness that obtains according to statistics is provided with corresponding M AID rank to this RAID; Wherein IO visit closeness is the IO access times in the unit interval, and the numerical value of IO visit closeness is low more, and corresponding MAID rank is high more.
Preferably, this equipment further comprises: idle dish power management module, be used for the free time dish of disk array cabinet is carried out power management, and if the free time of active state dish does not have the IO operation in the section at the fixed time, then should coil the free time and be set to holding state; If the free time dish to holding state has the IO operation, then the free time dish is switched to active state.
Can find out from above technical scheme; The rank of the power management that disk is supported in the autoscan disk array cabinet; The hard disk of supporting the same power supplies supervisory level is set up RAID, give full play to the energy conservation characteristic characteristics of each dish, and avoid dragging down the whole energy effect of this RAID; By RAID is that unit sets the MAID rank, can satisfy the energy-conservation demand of various different application; Also include the dish of the free time in the disk array cabinet in power management, achieve the energy-saving effect of similar MAID.
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A kind of block diagram that utilizes the MAID technology to realize energy-conservation equipment for embodiment of the invention proposition shown in Figure 1.
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Be illustrated in figure 1 as the technological block diagram of realizing energy-conservation equipment of a kind of MAID of utilization that the embodiment of the invention proposes, this equipment is arranged in the disk array cabinet, comprising:
Said relevant information includes but not limited to hard disk type, capacity, manufacturer, position of installing hard disk and hard disk praameter.Said hard disk praameter comprises the MAID rank of being supported, specifically can be divided into: power management, these three ranks of support APM of not supporting power management, support standard.
MIM message input module 102 is used to receive the descriptor of the RAID that the institute of user's input will set up, comprising rank, the capacity of RAID, reaches the MAID rank of RAID.
Hard disk matching module 103 is used for the MAID class information according to the RAID of said description, matees disk and sets up RAID.
Preferably, the disk that disk matching module 103 matees suitable power supply support level according to the MAID rank is set up RAID: if the MAID rank is MAID0, then at first in the disk of not supporting power management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID1, then at first in the disk of supporting the reference power supply management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID2, then the coupling disk is set up RAID in the disk of supporting APM; If the MAID rank is MAID3, then at first in the disk of supporting APM, matees disk and set up RAID.
Under other embodiments; Hard disk matching module 103 also can at first mate hard disk in the hard disk of supporting APM sets up RAID; If mate successfully, the MAID rank that the RAID of being set up is set is MAID0, MAID1, MAID2 or MAID3, and end process; If coupling failure then in the hard disk of the power management of standard the coupling hard disk set up RAID, be MAID0, MAID1 or MAID3 and end process if mate the MAID rank of the RAID that establishment successfully then is set; If once more coupling failure then in the hard disk of not supporting power management the coupling hard disk set up RAID, if mate the MAID rank that the RAID of being set up successfully then is set is MAID0 and end process, then return the failure information if mate to fail.
Wherein switch between the hard disk support activities state (active) among the RAID of MAID1, idle condition (idle), the low-voltage state (lowpower); Switch between hard disk support activities state among the RAID of MAID2, idle condition, low-voltage state, the lower-speed state (lowspeed); And the RAID of MAID3 has two kinds of situation: if member's hard disk of RAID is all supported APM, then disk can switch between active state, idle condition, low-voltage state, lower-speed state and standby (standby) state; If member's disk of RAID is only supported the reference power supply management, then disk switches between active state, idle condition, low-voltage state and holding state.
Preferably, the initial MAID rank of the RAID that the hard disk of support APM is set up is set to MAID2, and the initial MAID rank of the RAID that the hard disk of supporting reference power supply to manage is set up is set to MAID1.
Preferably, this RAID equipment further comprises:
Energy-conservation rank adjusting module is used to preserve the IO visit closeness and the corresponding MAID rank thereof that are provided with in advance, and the IO access times of adding up the RAID of having set up, and the IO visit closeness that obtains according to statistics is provided with corresponding M AID rank to this RAID; Wherein IO visit closeness is the IO access times in the unit interval, and the numerical value of IO visit closeness is low more, and corresponding MAID rank is high more.
For example, the current MAID rank of RAID is MAID2, if the IO number of statistics is counted lower limit less than the corresponding IO of MAID2, then with transferring to MAID3 on the MAID rank, if the IO number of statistics is counted the upper limit greater than the corresponding IO of MAID2, then the MAID rank is adjusted downward to MAID 1.And if the current MAID rank of RAID is MAID1, if the IO number of statistics is counted lower limit less than the corresponding IO of MAID1, and this RAID support MAID2, then its MAID rank is adjusted into MAID2, if do not support MAID2, then its MAID rank is adjusted into MAID3.
Preferably, this RAID equipment can further include:
Be used for the free time dish of disk array cabinet is carried out power management,, then should coil the free time and be set to holding state if the free time of active state dish does not have the IO operation in the section at the fixed time; If the free time dish to holding state has the IO operation, then the free time dish is switched to active state.
The present invention program can realize following technique effect:
(a) disk of supporting the different electrical power management characteristic not mixed insertion advances a RAID, and give full play to the energy conservation characteristic characteristics of each dish, and avoid dragging down the whole energy effect of this RAID,
(b) be that unit sets the MAID rank by RAID, can satisfy the energy-conservation demand of various different application;
(c) also include the dish of the free time in the disk array cabinet in power management, achieve the energy-saving effect of similar MAID.
The above is merely preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is in order to restriction the present invention, not all within spirit of the present invention and principle, any modification of being made, is equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within the scope that the present invention protects.
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1. one kind is utilized MAID MAID technology to realize energy-conservation equipment, and this equipment is arranged in the disk array cabinet, comprising:
The information scanning module is used for each hard-disk slots of scanning disk disk array cabinet, obtains and write down the power management rank that each hard disk is supported, the power management rank comprises to be supported APM, support the power management of standard or do not support power management;
MIM message input module is used to receive the descriptor of the RAID that the institute of user's input will set up, comprising rank, the capacity of RAID, reaches the MAID rank of RAID;
The disk matching module is used for the MAID class information according to the RAID of said description, matees disk and sets up RAID.
2. equipment according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; The disk that the disk matching module matees suitable power supply support level according to the MAID rank is set up RAID: if the MAID rank is MAID0, then at first in the disk of not supporting power management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID1, then at first in the disk of supporting the reference power supply management, matees disk and set up RAID; If the MAID rank is MAID2, then the coupling disk is set up RAID in the disk of supporting APM; If the MAID rank is MAID3, then at first in the disk of supporting APM, matees disk and set up RAID.
3. equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this equipment further comprises:
Energy-conservation rank adjusting module is used to preserve the IO visit closeness and the corresponding MAID rank thereof that are provided with in advance, and the IO access times of adding up the RAID of having set up, and the IO visit closeness that obtains according to statistics is provided with corresponding M AID rank to this RAID; Wherein IO visit closeness is the IO access times in the unit interval, and the numerical value of IO visit closeness is low more, and corresponding MAID rank is high more.
4. equipment according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; This equipment further comprises: idle dish power management module; Be used for the free time dish of disk array cabinet is carried out power management,, then should coil the free time and be set to holding state if the free time of active state dish does not have the IO operation in the section at the fixed time; If the free time dish to holding state has the IO operation, then the free time dish is switched to active state.
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