CN104615209B - Hard disk expansion apparatus - Google Patents

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CN104615209B
CN104615209B CN201310538105.8A CN201310538105A CN104615209B CN 104615209 B CN104615209 B CN 104615209B CN 201310538105 A CN201310538105 A CN 201310538105A CN 104615209 B CN104615209 B CN 104615209B
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梁宏坚
林健伟
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The present invention provides a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, and for described hard disk expansion apparatus to connect terminal device and two or more hard disk group, described hard disk group includes two or more hard disk.Hard disk expansion apparatus is transferred to specified hard disc to the working signal for sending terminal device.Hard disk expansion apparatus includes extended module of hard disk and two or more signal extension module, extended module of hard disk is electrically connected to terminal device, signal extension module is in be connected in series, and one of signal extension module is electrically connected to extended module of hard disk, hard disk group is electrically connected in signal extension module, working signal is transferred to the signal extension module being connected with extended module of hard disk by extended module of hard disk, and working signal is transferred to specified hard disc by the signal extension module for being connected to the extended module of hard disk by being connected to the signal extension module of specified hard disc.Whereby, it can cause hard disk expansion apparatus that there is the advantages of lower cost and smaller size smaller.

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Hard disk expansion apparatus
Technical field
A kind of relevant computer hardware expanding unit of the present invention, espespecially a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus.
Background technology
Refering to Fig. 1, for the circuit block diagram of existing hard disk expansion apparatus.Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 connects terminal device 20 (Such as server)And two or more hard disk group 30, it is in the hard disk 32 being connected in series that the hard disk group 30, which includes two or more,. Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 is transferred to the hard disk group 30 being attached to extremely to the working signal for sending terminal device 20 A few hard disk 32.Hard disk expansion apparatus 10 includes extended module of hard disk 12 and signal extension component 14, extended module of hard disk 12 It is electrically connected to terminal device 20 and signal extension component 14.Signal extension component 14 is electrically connected to hard disk group 30, whereby, terminal The working signal can that equipment 20 is sent is transferred to hard disk 32 by extended module of hard disk 12 and signal extension component 14.
When the quantity increase of hard disk group 30, in order that the working signal that terminal device 20 is sent can be transmitted effectively To the hard disk 32 of the hard disk group 30 newly increased, then it must increase hard disk expansion apparatus 10 simultaneously, and make the hard disk expansion apparatus The 10 hard disk groups 30 for being connected to terminal device 20 and newly increasing, the extended module of hard disk 12 of the hard disk expansion apparatus 10 electrically connect In terminal device 20, signal extension component 14 is electrically connected to extended module of hard disk 12 and hard disk group 30.Can by the above To learn, often increase a hard disk group 30, must just correspond to increases an extended module of hard disk 12 and a signal extension group Part 14(Increase a hard disk expansion apparatus 10), and make to be electrically connected between the hard disk expansion apparatus 10 of each hard disk group 30 Formation is connected in parallel, to reach the effect that the working signal that terminal device 20 is sent is transferred to specified hard disc 32.
Whereby, although the speed that the working signal that terminal device 20 is sent is transferred to hard disk 32 can be effectively improved, so And an extended module of hard disk 12 and a signal extension component 14 must just be increased by often increasing a hard disk group 30, in addition The cost of extended module of hard disk 12 is higher than the cost of signal extension component 14, causes the integral manufacturing cost of hard disk expansion apparatus 10 Improve, and the volume of hard disk expansion apparatus 10 is become big.
The content of the invention
In view of this, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, described hard disk expansion apparatus With small size and it is inexpensive the advantages of.
The present invention provides a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, and the hard disk expansion apparatus is connecting terminal device and two or more Hard disk group, the hard disk group include two or more hard disk.The hard disk expansion apparatus is the terminal device to be sent Working signal be transferred to specified hard disc.The hard disk expansion apparatus includes extended module of hard disk and two or more signal extension mould Block, the extended module of hard disk are electrically connected to the terminal device.The signal extension module is in be connected in series, and one of them Signal extension module is electrically connected to the extended module of hard disk, and the hard disk group is electrically connected in the signal extension mould Block, the working signal are transferred to the signal extension being connected with the extended module of hard disk by the extended module of hard disk Module, the signal extension module of the extended module of hard disk is connected to by the working signal by being connected to specified hard disc The signal extension module be transferred to specified hard disc.
In the present invention, each signal extension module includes main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension group Part, the secondary signal extension component are electrically connected in the main signal extension element and the hard disk;Also, the signal expands The main signal extension element of exhibition module is in be connected in series, and the main signal extension element electricity of one of signal extension module It is connected to the extended module of hard disk.
Further, the secondary signal extension component is in and is connected in parallel.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention additionally provides a kind of computer system, the computer system to include:Terminal is set It is standby, hard disk expansion apparatus and two or more hard disk group;The hard disk expansion apparatus includes:Extended module of hard disk, electrical connection In the terminal device;And two or more signal extension module, the signal extension module are in be connected in series, and one of them Signal extension module is electrically connected to the extended module of hard disk;Described two above hard disk groups are electrically connected to the signal extension Module.
Further, each signal extension module includes main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension group Part, the secondary signal extension component are electrically connected in the main signal extension element and the hard disk.
Further, the main signal extension element of the signal extension module is in and is connected in series, and one of letter The main signal extension element of number expansion module is electrically connected to the extended module of hard disk.
Further, the secondary signal extension component is in and is connected in parallel.
Whereby, above-mentioned hard disk expansion apparatus can be on the premise of extended module of hard disk not be increased, by increase signal The quantity of expansion module reaches the effect of expanding hard disk group quantity, and hard disk expansion apparatus is had lower cost and smaller body The advantages of product.
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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 the computer system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is another circuit block diagram of the hard disk expansion apparatus of the computer system of the present invention.
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10th, 40 hard disk expansion apparatus 12,42 extended module of hard disk
The terminal device of 14 signal extension component 20
The hard disk of 30 hard disk group 32
The main signal extension element of 44 signal extension module 440
442 computer systems of signal extension component 50
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The technical content and a detailed description for the present invention, by coordinating, brief description of the drawings is as follows, but the only conduct of appended accompanying drawing Illustrative purposes, it is not intended to the limitation present invention.
Refering to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the respectively hard disk expansion apparatus of the computer system of the present invention circuit block diagram.Calculate Machine system 50 includes terminal device 20, two or more hard disk group 30 and hard disk expansion apparatus 40, hard disk expansion apparatus 40 to Connect terminal device 20 and two or more hard disk group 30.The hard disk group 30 includes two or more hard disk 32, and described hard Disk 32 may be, for example, Serial Advanced Technology annex(Serial advanced technology attachment, SATA)Hard disk. Above-mentioned terminal device 20 may be, for example, server(server).Hard disk expansion apparatus 40 can for example be inserted in the master of terminal device 20 Plate(Not shown in figure)Slot on, the working signal terminal device 20 to be sent is transferred at least one hard disk 32.
Hard disk expansion apparatus 40 includes 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 to terminal device 20, the working signal sent to receiving terminal apparatus 20.The signal expands Exhibition module 44 is electrically connected to extended module of hard disk 42 and terminal device 20, consequently, it is possible to the working signal that terminal device 20 is sent Hard disk group 30 can be controlled conscientiously.In the present embodiment, the extended module of hard disk 42 may be, for example, the host bus of 8 ports Adapter(Host bus adapter, HBA).
The signal extension module 44 is to as signal channel.Signal extension module 44 is in be connected in series, and its In a signal extension module 44 be electrically connected to extended module of hard disk 42, and each signal extension module 44 electrically connects a hard disk Group 30.
Signal extension module 44 includes main signal extension element 440 and two or more time signal extension component 442, described more The main signal extension element 440 of individual signal extension module 44 is in be connected in series, and the main letter of one of signal extension module 44 Number extension element 440 is electrically connected to extended module of hard disk 42, it is described two with last time signal extension component in being connected in parallel.At this In embodiment, the signal extension component of main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension component 442 respectively 36 ports.It is actual During implementation, the main signal extension element 440 can be by the cable bridged between the two with extended module of hard disk 42(cable) It is electrically connected.Herein it is noted that the main signal extension element 440 and the secondary signal extension component 442 are all For extending the number of channel of working signal, each hard disk 32 is set to receive corresponding working signal;Also, in this implementation In example, main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension component 442 are the signal extension components of same model.
Each main signal extension element 440 is electrically connected at least one secondary signal extension component 442, and each signal expands Open up component 442 and electrically connect a hard disk group 30.Wherein, main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension component 442 can be same When be arranged on printed circuit board (PCB)(Not shown in figure)On, and be electrically connected using the copper foil circuit formed on circuit boards.
In practical operation, the working signal sent by terminal device 20 is transferred to extended module of hard disk 42, the work Signal is available for the specific at least one hard disk 32 of operation, to be moved to the progress data storage action of specified hard disc 32 or digital independent Make.After extended module of hard disk 42 receives the working signal, the position of specified hard disc 32 is judged, and the working signal is transmitted To the main signal extension element 440 of corresponding connection specified hard disc 32.Main signal extension element 440 receives the working signal, and Working signal is transferred to the secondary signal extension component 442 for being correspondingly connected to specified hard disc 32, the secondary foundation of signal extension component 442 Described working signal starts specified hard disc 32, is acted so as to reaching data storage action or digital independent.
In summary described, hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the invention is by more several main signal expanded sets being connected in series The working signal that terminal device 20 is sent is transferred to specified hard disc 32 by part 440, specified hard disc 32 is reached data storage action Or digital independent action.Compared to the existing data reached by multiple hard disk expansion apparatus 10 being connected in parallel to specified hard disc Storage action or digital independent action, hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the invention can not increase the premise of extended module of hard disk 42 Under, the quantity by increase signal extension module 44 reaches the effect of the quantity of expanding hard disk group 30, also, each signal extension mould Block 44 is made up of main signal extension element 440 and secondary signal extension component 442, and cost is low compared with extended module of hard disk 42, therefore The hard disk expansion apparatus 40 of the present invention has the advantages of high and low cost of extendibility and small size.
Described above, only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention illustrates, and is not used to the protection model of the limitation present invention Enclose, other any equivalent transformations all should belong to claims hereof scope.

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1. a kind of hard disk expansion apparatus, it is characterised in that the hard disk expansion apparatus is hard to connect terminal device and two or more Disk group, each hard disk group include two or more hard disk, and the hard disk expansion apparatus is the terminal device to be sent Working signal be transferred to specified hard disc, the hard disk expansion apparatus includes:
Extended module of hard disk, it is electrically connected to the terminal device and the hard disk group;And
Two or more signal extension module, the signal extension module are in be connected in series, and one of signal extension module electricity The extended module of hard disk is connected to, the hard disk group is electrically connected in the signal extension module,
Wherein, the working signal is transferred to the letter being connected with the extended module of hard disk by the extended module of hard disk Number expansion module, the signal extension module of the extended module of hard disk is connected to by the working signal by being connected to spy The signal extension module for determining hard disk is transferred to specified hard disc;
Wherein, each signal extension module includes main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension component, the letter The main signal extension element of number expansion module is in being connected in series, and the main signal expanded set of one of signal extension module Part is electrically connected to the extended module of hard disk.
2. hard disk expansion apparatus as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the secondary signal extension component be electrically connected in The main signal extension element and the hard disk.
3. hard disk expansion apparatus as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that the secondary signal extension component is in be connected in parallel.
4. a kind of computer system, it is characterised in that the computer system includes:
Terminal device;
Hard disk expansion apparatus, comprising:
Extended module of hard disk, it is electrically connected to the terminal device;And
Two or more signal extension module, the signal extension module are in be connected in series, and one of signal extension module electricity It is connected to the extended module of hard disk;And
Two or more hard disk group, it is electrically connected to the signal extension module
Wherein, each signal extension module includes main signal extension element and two or more time signal extension component, the letter The main signal extension element of number expansion module is in being connected in series, and the main signal expanded set of one of signal extension module Part is electrically connected to the extended module of hard disk.
5. computer system as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that each signal extension module extends comprising main signal Component and two or more time signal extension component, the secondary signal extension component are electrically connected in the main signal extension element And the hard disk.
6. computer system as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that the secondary signal extension component is in be connected in parallel.
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