CN215494836U

CN215494836U - Storage computing device, computing equipment and server

Info

Publication number: CN215494836U
Application number: CN202121202878.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 於炜力; 蔡剑峰
Original assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-26
Filing date: 2021-05-26
Publication date: 2022-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-26

Abstract

The application relates to a storage computing device, a computing device and a server. The storage computing device comprises a box body, wherein a plurality of slot positions are arranged on the box body, and the slot positions comprise at least one first slot position; an intelligent computing module and an U.2 connector are arranged in the first slot position; the U.2 connector is used for providing a bus interface for connecting a PCIE protocol of the main control and a bus interface of a network protocol for the intelligent computing module; and the intelligent computing module is loaded with an intelligent card computing chip which simultaneously supports two communication links of the network protocol and the PCIE protocol. The method and the system enable the main control and the intelligent card to communicate through the PCIE link and the network link, and solve the problem of poor reliability of the equipment in the prior art.

Description

Storage computing device, computing equipment and server

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of computer hardware devices, and in particular, to a storage computing apparatus, a computing device, and a server.

Background

A storage computing device is a device having both a storage function and an intelligent computing function, and is also called a storage intelligent device. The existing storage computing device roughly adopts two technical schemes, and the first scheme is to add an intelligent computing module on the basis of a storage functional module. Along with the rapid development of artificial intelligence and big data, the requirement on the intelligent computing capability of the intelligent storage device is higher and higher, and therefore, a second technical scheme, namely a hard disk and intelligent card self-adaptive mixed insertion technology, appears. The self-adaptive mixed insertion scheme of the hard disk and the intelligent card can be accessed to the place of the hard disk and also can be accessed to the intelligent card, and a client can configure the storage capacity and the computing capacity according to the requirement.

In the existing storage and calculation device, whether the storage and the intelligent calculation are separated into independent modules or the hard disk and the intelligent card are adaptively mixed and inserted, a circuit of an intelligent calculation module only supports a PCIE physical link, and the existing storage and calculation device does not have a redundancy backup function and is poor in equipment reliability.

At present, no effective solution is provided for the problems that the storage computing device in the related art does not have a redundant backup function and the reliability of the device is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a storage computing device, computing equipment and a server, which are used for at least solving the problems that the storage computing device in the related art does not have a redundant backup function and is poor in equipment reliability.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a storage computing device, including a box body, where the box body is provided with a plurality of slot positions, and at least one slot position is a first slot position;

an intelligent computing module and an U.2 connector are arranged in the first slot position;

the U.2 connector is used for providing a PCIE protocol bus interface and a network protocol bus interface for connecting the master control for the intelligent computing module;

and the intelligent computing module is loaded with an intelligent card chip which simultaneously supports two communication links of the network protocol and the PCIE protocol.

In an embodiment, the U.2 connector further provides an interface for connecting the SATA/SAS protocol bus of the master, and the PCIE protocol bus, the network protocol bus, and the SATA/SAS protocol bus are respectively connected to the U.2 connector through three channels.

In one embodiment, the slots are all first slots.

In one embodiment, 3 intelligent computing modules are arranged in the first slot position;

in the same first slot, 3 PCIE protocol buses connected to the 3 intelligent computing modules are connected to the U.2 connector through one PCIE switch, and 3 network protocol buses connected to the 3 intelligent computing modules are connected to the U.2 connector through one network switch.

In one embodiment, the smart computing module is connected to the U.2 connector using an RGMII network protocol interface.

In one embodiment, the storage computing device is a general purpose 24 disk server.

In one embodiment, the smart card chip is loaded on a circuit board, which is loaded in a hard disk cartridge.

In one embodiment, the hard disk drive case is a 3.5 inch standard hard disk drive case.

In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a computing device, including a memory and a processor, and further including any one of the storage computing devices described above.

In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a server, which includes a CPU, a storage, a memory, and any one of the storage computing devices.

Compared with the prior art, the storage computing device, the computing equipment and the server provided by the embodiment of the application comprise a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a plurality of slot positions, and the slot positions comprise at least one first slot position; an intelligent computing module and an U.2 connector are arranged in the first slot position; u.2 the connector is used for providing the bus interface of PCIE agreement and bus interface of the network agreement of the connection master control for the intellectual computation module; the intelligent computing module is loaded with an intelligent card chip which simultaneously supports two communication links of a network protocol and a PCIE protocol. The storage computing device, the computing equipment and the server provided by the embodiment of the application realize data interaction with the main control chip and the smart card chip through two communication links of a network and a PCIE, and solve the problems that the prior art does not have a redundant backup function and the equipment reliability is poor.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage computing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1B is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection between a first slot and an intelligent computing module in a storage computing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating connection between a first slot in a storage computing device and an external device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage computing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3B is a schematic structural diagram of a first slot in the storage computing device according to the third embodiment;

fig. 3C is a schematic diagram illustrating connection between a first slot in the storage computing device and an external device according to the third embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection between a first slot of a storage computing device and an intelligent computing module according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application will be described and illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments provided in the present application without any inventive step are within the scope of protection of the present application. Moreover, it should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another.

Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the specification. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of ordinary skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments without conflict.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms referred to herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. Reference to "a," "an," "the," and similar words throughout this application are not to be construed as limiting in number, and may refer to the singular or the plural. The present application is directed to the use of the terms "including," "comprising," "having," and any variations thereof, which are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions; for example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or modules (elements) is not limited to the listed steps or elements, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Reference to "connected," "coupled," and the like in this application is not intended to be limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. Reference herein to "a plurality" means greater than or equal to two. "and/or" describes an association relationship of associated objects, meaning that three relationships may exist, for example, "A and/or B" may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. Reference herein to the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like, are merely to distinguish similar objects and do not denote a particular ordering for the objects.

Fig. 1A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage computing device provided in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1A, the storage computing device includes a case 100, where the case 100 has a plurality of slots.

The plurality of slots includes at least a first slot 210. For example, the box 100 has 24 slots, and the rest slots except for the first slots 210 are slots for loading hard disks. Or all may be the first slot 210.

Fig. 1B is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of the first slot 210, and as shown in fig. 1B, the first slot 210 is used for intelligent computing. Disposed in the first slot 210 are smart computing modules 211 and U.2 connectors 212. U.2 connector 212 is used to provide the bus interface of PCIE protocol for connecting the master control and the bus interface of network protocol for the intelligent computing module 211, so that the master control and the intelligent computing module 211 perform data interaction. Correspondingly, the smart computing module 211 is loaded with a smart card chip 213 that supports both the network protocol and the PCIE protocol, and is connected to the U.2 connector 212. The smart card chip 213 may be a commercially available smart card chip that can implement a specific function, or may be developed autonomously to implement functions such as face comparison, analysis, and compressed storage.

The storage intelligent device provided in this embodiment can implement data interaction between the main control and the smart card chip 213 through two communication links, i.e., a network and a PCIE. When the PCIE link is abnormal, the main control and smart card chip 213 may implement data interaction through the network link. Similarly, when the network link is abnormal, the main control and smart card chip 213 may implement data interaction through the PCIE link, so as to implement redundancy backup, ensure that the intelligent computing service is not interrupted, and improve the reliability of the storage computing device.

The second embodiment of the present application further provides a storage computing device, where a circuit connection manner of the first slot is as shown in fig. 2. On the basis of the first embodiment, the storage computing device may further load a disk in the first slot 210 to implement a storage function. Specifically, U.2 connector 212 in first slot 210 also provides a bus interface to the host's SATA/SAS protocol, allowing first slot 210 to load not only smart computing module 211, but also disks. And the PCIE protocol bus, the network protocol bus and the SATA/SAS protocol bus are respectively connected to the U.2 connector 212 through three channels. When the first slot 210 is accessed to a SATA/SAS disk, the first slot 210 implements a storage function. When the first slot 210 is simultaneously accessed to the network and the PCIE peripheral, the intelligent computing module 211 is loaded in the first slot 210, so as to implement an intelligent computing function.

The storage computing device provided by the embodiment realizes data interaction between the main control and the smart card through two communication links, namely the network and the PCIE, so that efficient data transmission is realized, a redundant backup function is provided, and the reliability of equipment is improved; u.2 connector 212 provides SATA/SAS, PCIE and network three channels, so that the first slot 210 can access to the intelligent computing module 211 for intelligent computing, and also can access to the disk for storage, realizing storage and intelligent computing coupling. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment gives full play to the performance of the whole storage computing device.

In one embodiment, all the slot positions are first slot positions, all the slot positions realize an intelligent computing function, and are connected with the master control through two links, so that the stability of the storage computing device is enhanced.

It should be noted that the number of the intelligent computing modules 211 in each first slot 210 may be any, and a user may configure the intelligent computing modules according to the requirement of the user on computing capability.

In order to save the number of interfaces of the U.2 connectors 212, in the same

first slot

210, 3 PCIE protocol buses connected to the 3 intelligent computing modules 211 are connected to the U.2 connector 212 through one PCIE switch, and 3 network protocol buses connected to the 3 intelligent computing modules 211 are connected to the U.2 connector 212 through one network switch. The arrangement mode has simple structure.

In one embodiment, the smart computing module 211 may also interface with the U.2 connector 212 at the slot using the RGMII network protocol interface. The network protocol interface may also be of other types, such as QSGMII.

In one embodiment, the storage computing device is a general purpose 24 disk server. The storage computing device may take other forms, such as a 36-disk server.

Wherein the smart card chip 213 is loaded on a circuit board, which is loaded in a hard disk cartridge. Specifically, the hard disk drive may be a 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch standard hard disk drive, or any other type of hard disk drive.

A third embodiment of the present application further provides a storage computing device, and fig. 3A is a schematic structural diagram of the storage computing device provided in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3A, the storage computing device is a 24-disk server, and includes a housing 100, where the housing 100 includes 24 first slots 210.

The first slot 210 is provided with an U.2 connector 212 for providing a PCIE protocol bus interface, a network protocol bus interface, and a SATA/SAS protocol bus interface for connection with a master controller, so that the first slot 210 can be loaded with the smart card module 211 and a disk. The PCIE protocol bus, the network protocol bus and the SATA/SAS protocol bus are respectively connected U.2 to the connector 212 through three interfaces.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of the first slot 210 loaded with the smart computing module 211. As shown in fig. 3B, the first slot 210 has disposed therein smart computing modules 211 and U.2 connectors 212. The smart computing module 211 is connected to the U.2 connector 212 through a PCIE protocol interface and an RGMII network protocol interface. The smart computing module 211 is loaded with a smart card chip 213 that supports both the network protocol and the PCIE protocol. The smart computing module 211 is loaded on the circuit board 24, and the circuit board 24 is loaded in the hard disk cartridge 25.

Specifically, the bus access channel 1 of the SATA/SAS protocol, the bus access channel 2 of the PCIE protocol, and the bus access channel 3 of the network protocol.

Specifically, the smart card chip 213 may be developed autonomously, and implement smart computing functions, such as face comparison, analysis, and compressed storage. The hard disk cartridge 25 is a 3.5 inch standard hard disk cartridge.

Fig. 3C is a schematic diagram of the connection between the first slot 210 and an external device. As shown in fig. 3C, when the first slot 210 accesses the SATA/SAS disk, the first slot 210 implements a storage function. When the first slot 210 is simultaneously accessed to the network and the PCIE peripheral, the intelligent computing module 211 shown in fig. 3B may be loaded in the first slot 210, so as to implement an intelligent computing function, and a user may freely configure the storage capacity and the computing capacity of the storage computing device according to a requirement.

Through the embodiment, the data interaction between the main control and the intelligent card is realized through two communication links, namely the network and the PCIE, so that the high-efficiency data transmission is realized; the server slot provides three channels of SATA/SAS, PCIE and network connection, which can access to a disk for storage and an intelligent computing module 211 for intelligent computing, and a user can freely configure the storage capacity and the computing capacity of the storage computing device according to the requirement, thereby realizing the coupling of storage and intelligent computing. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment gives full play to the performance of the whole server.

In another embodiment, a storage computing device is provided, which is a 24-disk universal server, and includes a box 100, where 24 slots are provided in the box 100, and a hard disk cartridge 25 is provided in each slot, as shown in fig. 3B.

12 slot positions in the server are traditional hard disk slot positions, provide SATA/SAS protocol interfaces, load magnetic disks for storage; the other 12 slots are the first slot 210, provide network and PCIE protocol interfaces, and connect to the intelligent computing module 211 for intelligent computing.

Fig. 4 is a schematic connection diagram of the smart computing module 211 and the first slot 210. As shown in fig. 4, 3 smart computing modules 211 are designed in each hard disk cartridge 25, each smart computing module 211 has a network and a PCIE dual communication link, each first slot 210 is provided with U.2 connectors 212, an interface for connecting a network protocol and a PCIE protocol is provided to connect with a master (in this embodiment, the master uses a PCH chip), and 3 PCIE buses are extended by the

PCIE switch

300, and 3 network buses are extended by the network switch 400 to connect with 3 smart computing modules 211.

In this example, 12 first slots 210 may be connected to 36 intelligent computing modules 211 for intelligent computing, so as to improve performance of the whole machine, and each intelligent computing module 211 has a network and a PCIE dual communication link, so as to implement a redundant backup function, ensure that the intelligent computing function is not interrupted, and improve reliability of the device.

In one embodiment, a computing device is provided, which includes a memory and a processor, and is provided with a storage computing device provided in the embodiments of the present application or a storage computing device, and its technical features are any combination of the technical features in the embodiments of the present application.

In one embodiment, a computing device is provided, which includes a memory and a processor, wherein the processor includes a storage computing apparatus provided herein, the storage computing apparatus is a universal 24-slot server, and the storage computing apparatus includes 24 first slots 210, and an intelligent computing module 211 that supports both network and PCIE communication links is loaded for intelligent computing.

Through the embodiment, each intelligent computing module 211 is provided with the network and the PCIE dual communication link, so that the redundant backup function is realized, the intelligent computing function is ensured not to be interrupted, and the reliability of the device is improved.

In one embodiment, a server is provided, which includes a CPU, a storage and a memory, and the storage computing device provided in the embodiments of the present application is provided inside the server.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various features of the above-described embodiments can be combined in any combination, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of features in the above-described embodiments are not described in detail, but rather, all combinations of features which are not inconsistent with each other should be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A storage computing device comprises a box body, wherein a plurality of slot positions are arranged on the box body, and the storage computing device is characterized in that at least one slot position is a first slot position, and an intelligent computing module and an U.2 connector are arranged in the first slot position;

the U.2 connector is used for providing a bus interface for connecting a PCIE protocol of the main control and a bus interface of a network protocol for the intelligent computing module;

2. The storage computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the U.2 connector further provides a bus interface to connect to the hosted SATA/SAS protocol;

the bus of the PCIE protocol, the bus of the network protocol and the bus of the SATA/SAS protocol are respectively accessed to the U.2 connector through three channels.

3. The storage computing device of claim 1, wherein the slots are all the first slots.

4. The storage computing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

3 intelligent computing modules are arranged in the first slot position;

in the same first slot, 3 PCIE protocol buses of the 3 intelligent computing modules are connected to the U.2 connectors through one PCIE switch; and the buses of 3 network protocols for connecting the 3 intelligent computing modules are connected with the U.2 connector through a network switch.

5. The storage computing device of claim 1, wherein the smart computing module is connected to the U.2 connector using an RGMII network protocol interface.

6. The storage computing apparatus of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the storage computing apparatus is a general purpose 24-disk server.

7. The storage computing device of claim 6, wherein the smart card chip is loaded on a circuit board, the circuit board being loaded in a hard disk cartridge.

8. The storage computing device of claim 7, wherein the hard disk cartridge is a 3.5 inch standard hard disk cartridge.

9. A computing device comprising a memory and a processor, characterized in that the computing device further comprises a storage computing arrangement according to any of the preceding claims 1-8.

10. A server comprising a CPU, a memory, and a memory, wherein the server further comprises the storage computing device of any one of claims 1-8.