CN104615209A - Hard disk expansion device - Google Patents
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The invention provides a hard disk expansion device, which is used for connecting with terminal equipment and more than two hard disk groups, wherein each hard disk group comprises more than two hard disks. The hard disk expansion device is used for transferring a working signal emitted from the terminal equipment to a specific hard disk and comprises a hard disk extension module and more than two signal expansion modules, wherein the hard disk extension module is electrically connected to the terminal equipment; the signal expansion modules are connected in series; one signal expansion module is electrically connected to the hard disk extension module; and the hard disk groups are independently electrically connected to the signal expansion modules. The working signal is transmitted to the signal expansion module connected with the hard disk extension module, and the signal expansion module connected with the hard disk extension module causes the working signal to be transmitted to the specific hard disk through the signal expansion module connected with the signal expansion modules. Therefore, the hard disk expansion device has the advantages of being low in cost and small in volume.
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Technical field
The present invention about a kind of computer hardware expanding unit, espespecially a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus.
Background technology
Consulting Fig. 1, is the circuit block diagram of existing hard disk expansion apparatus.Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 connects terminal device 20(as server) and two or more hard disk group 30, described hard disk group 30 comprises two or more in the hard disk 32 be connected in series.Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 is passed at least one hard disk 32 of connection hard disk group 30 thereon in order to the working signal sent by terminal device 20.Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 comprises extended module of hard disk 12 and signal extension assembly 14, and extended module of hard disk 12 is electrically connected on terminal device 20 and signal extension assembly 14.Signal extension assembly 14 is electrically connected on hard disk group 30, and whereby, the working signal that terminal device 20 sends just can be passed to hard disk 32 by extended module of hard disk 12 and signal extension assembly 14.
When the quantity of hard disk group 30 increases, the working signal sent to enable terminal device 20 is passed to the hard disk 32 of the hard disk group 30 newly increased effectively, then must increase hard disk expansion apparatus 10 simultaneously, and make the hard disk group 30 that this hard disk expansion apparatus 10 is connected to terminal device 20 and newly increases, the extended module of hard disk 12 of this hard disk expansion apparatus 10 is electrically connected on terminal device 20, and signal extension assembly 14 is electrically connected on extended module of hard disk 12 and hard disk group 30.Can learn by foregoing, often increase a hard disk group 30, just must a corresponding increase extended module of hard disk 12 and a signal extension assembly 14(namely increase a hard disk expansion apparatus 10), and formed between the hard disk expansion apparatus 10 making to be electrically connected on each hard disk group 30 and be connected in parallel, to reach the effect working signal that terminal device 20 sends being passed to specified hard disc 32.
Whereby, although the speed that working signal that terminal device 20 sends is passed to hard disk 32 effectively can be improved, but, often increase a hard disk group 30 and just must increase an extended module of hard disk 12 and a signal extension assembly 14, the cost of extended module of hard disk 12 is higher than the cost of signal extension assembly 14 in addition, cause the integral manufacturing cost of hard disk expansion apparatus 10 to improve, and make the volume of hard disk expansion apparatus 10 become large.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, and described hard disk expansion apparatus has the advantage of small size and low cost.
The invention provides a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, described hard disk expansion apparatus is in order to connect terminal device and two or more hard disk group, and described hard disk group comprises two or more hard disk.Described hard disk expansion apparatus is passed to specified hard disc in order to the working signal sent by described terminal device.Described hard disk expansion apparatus comprises extended module of hard disk and two or more signal extension module, and described extended module of hard disk is electrically connected on described terminal device.Described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk, described hard disk group is electrically connected on described signal extension module respectively, described working signal is passed to the described signal extension module be connected with described extended module of hard disk by described extended module of hard disk, described working signal is passed to specified hard disc by the described signal extension module being connected to specified hard disc by the described signal extension module being connected to described extended module of hard disk.
In the present invention, each described signal extension module comprises main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension assembly, and described time signal extension assembly is electrically connected on described main signal extension element and described hard disk respectively; Further, the described main signal extension element of described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and the main signal extension element of one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk.
Further, described signal extension assembly is in being connected in parallel.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a kind of computer system in addition, and this computer system comprises: terminal device, hard disk expansion apparatus and two or more hard disk group; Described hard disk expansion apparatus comprises: extended module of hard disk, is electrically connected on described terminal device; And two or more signal extension module, described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk; Described two or more hard disk group is electrically connected on described signal extension module.
Further, each described signal extension module comprises main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension assembly, and described time signal extension assembly is electrically connected on described main signal extension element and described hard disk respectively.
Further, the described main signal extension element of described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and the main signal extension element of one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk.
Further, described signal extension assembly is in being connected in parallel.
Whereby, above-mentioned hard disk expansion apparatus under the prerequisite not increasing extended module of hard disk, can reach the effect of expanding hard disk group quantity, and makes hard disk expansion apparatus have the advantage of lower cost and smaller size smaller by the quantity increasing signal extension module.
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Fig. 1 is the circuit block diagram of existing hard disk expansion apparatus;
Fig. 2 is the circuit block diagram of the hard disk expansion apparatus of computer system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is another circuit block diagram of the hard disk expansion apparatus of computer system of the present invention.
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10,40 hard disk expansion apparatus 12,42 extended module of hard disks
14 signal extension assembly 20 terminal devices
30 hard disk group 32 hard disks
44 signal extension module 440 main signal extension element
442 signal extension assembly 50 computer systems
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The technical content and a detailed description for the present invention, are described as follows cooperation accompanying drawing, but appended accompanying drawing is only as illustrative purposes, not for limiting to the present invention.
Consult Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, be respectively the circuit block diagram of the hard disk expansion apparatus of computer system of the present invention.Computer system 50 comprises terminal device 20, two or more hard disk group 30 and hard disk expansion apparatus 40, and hard disk expansion apparatus 40 is in order to connect terminal device 20 and two or more hard disk group 30.Described hard disk group 30 comprises two or more hard disk 32, and described hard disk 32 can be such as Serial Advanced Technology annex (serialadvanced technology attachment, SATA) hard disk.Above-mentioned terminal device 20 can be such as server (server).Hard disk expansion apparatus 40 can such as be inserted on the slot of mainboard (not shown) of terminal device 20, and the working signal in order to be sent by terminal device 20 is passed at least one hard disk 32.
Hard disk expansion apparatus 40 comprises extended module of hard disk 42 and two or more signal extension module 44(as shown in Figure 3).Extended module of hard disk 42 is electrically connected on terminal device 20, the working signal sent in order to receiving terminal apparatus 20.Described signal extension module 44 is electrically connected on extended module of hard disk 42 and terminal device 20, and thus, the working signal that terminal device 20 sends can control hard disk group 30 conscientiously.In the present embodiment, described extended module of hard disk 42 can be such as the host bus adapter card (host bus adapter, HBA) of 8 ports.
Described signal extension module 44 is in order to as signal channel.Signal extension module 44 is in being connected in series, and one of them signal extension module 44 is electrically connected on extended module of hard disk 42, and each signal extension module 44 is electrically connected a hard disk group 30.
Signal extension module 44 comprises main signal extension element 440 and two or more time signal extension assembly 442, the main signal extension element 440 of described multiple signal extension module 44 is in being connected in series, and the main signal extension element 440 of one of them signal extension module 44 is electrically connected on extended module of hard disk 42, described two or more time signal extension assembly is in being connected in parallel.In the present embodiment, main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension assembly 442 are respectively the signal extension assembly of 36 ports.During actual enforcement, described main signal extension element 440 can be formed by the cable be connected across between the two (cable) with extended module of hard disk 42 and be electrically connected.Be noted that described main signal extension element 440 and described signal extension assembly 442 are all used to expand the number of channel of working signal at this, make each hard disk 32 can both receive corresponding working signal; Further, in the present embodiment, main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension assembly 442 are signal extension assemblies of same model.
Each main signal extension element 440 is electrically connected at least one signal extension assembly 442, and each signal extension assembly 442 is electrically connected a hard disk group 30.Wherein, main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension assembly 442 can be arranged in printed circuit board (PCB) (not shown) simultaneously, and utilize the copper foil circuit formed on circuit boards to form electric connection.
When practical operation, the working signal sent by terminal device 20 is passed to extended module of hard disk 42, and described working signal can supply operation at least one hard disk 32 specific, to carry out data storage action or digital independent action to specified hard disc 32.After extended module of hard disk 42 receives described working signal, judge the position of specified hard disc 32, and described working signal is passed to the corresponding main signal extension element 440 connecting specified hard disc 32.Main signal extension element 440 receives described working signal, and working signal is passed to the secondary signal extension assembly 442 that correspondence is connected to specified hard disc 32, secondary signal extension assembly 442 starts specified hard disc 32, so as to reaching data storage action or digital independent action according to described working signal.
Comprehensive the above, hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the present invention is, by most the main signal extension element 440 be connected in series, the working signal that terminal device 20 sends is passed to specified hard disc 32, makes specified hard disc 32 reach data storage action or digital independent action.Data storage action to specified hard disc or digital independent action is reached by multiple hard disk expansion apparatus 10 be connected in parallel compared to existing, hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the present invention can under the prerequisite not increasing extended module of hard disk 42, the effect of expanding hard disk group 30 quantity is reached by the quantity increasing signal extension module 44, and, each signal extension module 44 is made up of main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension assembly 442, cost comparatively extended module of hard disk 42 is low, therefore to have extendibility high for hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the present invention, the advantage of low cost and small size.
The above, be only illustrating of preferred embodiment of the present invention, and be not used to limit to protection scope of the present invention, and other any equivalent transformation all should belong to the right of the application.
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1. a hard disk expansion apparatus, it is characterized in that, this hard disk expansion apparatus is in order to connect terminal device and two or more hard disk group, each described hard disk group comprises two or more hard disk, described hard disk expansion apparatus is passed to specified hard disc in order to the working signal sent by described terminal device, and described hard disk expansion apparatus comprises:
Extended module of hard disk, is electrically connected on described terminal device and described hard disk group; And
Two or more signal extension module, described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk, and described hard disk group is electrically connected on described signal extension module respectively,
Wherein, described working signal is passed to the described signal extension module be connected with described extended module of hard disk by described extended module of hard disk, described working signal is passed to specified hard disc by the described signal extension module being connected to specified hard disc by the described signal extension module being connected to described extended module of hard disk.
2. hard disk expansion apparatus as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, each described signal extension module comprises main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension assembly, and described time signal extension assembly is electrically connected on described main signal extension element and described hard disk respectively.
3. hard disk expansion apparatus as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, the described main signal extension element of described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and the main signal extension element of one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk.
4. hard disk expansion apparatus as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described signal extension assembly is in being connected in parallel.
5. a computer system, is characterized in that, this computer system comprises:
Terminal device;
Hard disk expansion apparatus, comprises:
Extended module of hard disk, is electrically connected on described terminal device; And
Two or more signal extension module, described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk; And
Two or more hard disk group, is electrically connected on described signal extension module.
6. computer system as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, each described signal extension module comprises main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension assembly, and described time signal extension assembly is electrically connected on described main signal extension element and described hard disk respectively.
7. computer system as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, the described main signal extension element of described signal extension module is in being connected in series, and the main signal extension element of one of them signal extension module is electrically connected on described extended module of hard disk.
8. computer system as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described signal extension assembly is in being connected in parallel.
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