JP2014232368A - Computer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer device capable of downsizing a server unit and optionally selecting a mounting form to a cabinet.SOLUTION: The computer device includes a plurality of housings 15 and 16 having similar dimension constitutions, and a server unit 12 and drive unit 14 are constituted by respective housings 15 and 16. The housings 15 and 16 are stored in a predetermined cabinet in a mutually connected state. Side surfaces of the housings 15 and 16 have connection grooves 27 and 34 for interconnecting one pair of housings 15 and 16, and engaging members 30 engage with the connection grooves 27 and 34 to connect and fix the housings 15 and 16 to each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer device that includes standardized units and is used as a server.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a server of this type of computer device is configured such that a CPU, a temporary storage device or other semiconductor memory, a hard disk memory, other peripheral circuits, a cooling device, and the like are housed in a casing having dimensions determined by standards. Yes. A plurality of server units housed in one housing are housed in a rack cabinet having a predetermined shape, and are used as one host computer or the like as a whole.

  As a structure for mounting a server unit in a rack cabinet, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, there is a rack mount type storage structure in which flat server units are stored in a plurality of stages in a storage rack. Rack cabinets equipped with rack mount servers are mainly 19-inch rack cabinets stipulated by IEC (International Electrical Commission) / EIA (The Electrical Industries Association), and are used to store server units. The left and right frontage dimensions of the column are defined in units of 451 mm, and the height dimension in mounting is defined in units of 1U (1EIA) = 44.45 mm.

  Furthermore, as disclosed in Patent Documents 3 and 4, as a structure for installing a large number of server units at a higher density, a blade server in which a flat server unit is placed vertically and a server unit is inserted into a cabinet in a horizontal direction; There is.

JP 2012-48548 A JP 2012-73978 A JP 2008-3737 A JP 2009-3068 A

  The computer device used as a server disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4 is desired to be stored at a higher density due to an increase in server units stored in the rack. There were cases where it was not possible to respond to the installation mode of needs. In addition, a computer device composed of a plurality of servers also requires a storage device space such as a hard disk drive connected to the server. In the case of a computer device such as a large computer system or data center, an extremely large number of server units are installed in the cabinet. Since it is mounted and arranged, it requires a larger installation space, and improvement in space efficiency has been desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above background art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a computer device that can downsize a server unit and freely select a mounting form in a cabinet.

  The present invention is a computer device that includes a plurality of housings having the same size and configuration, each of which constitutes a server unit and a drive unit, and the housings are connected to each other and housed in a predetermined cabinet.

  A connecting groove for connecting a pair of housings is formed on a side surface of the housing, and an engaging member of a connecting member for connecting the pair of housings is engaged with and fixedly connected to the connecting groove. Is.

  The housing comprises a server unit and a drive unit and is integrally connected to each other, or a pair of server units are integrally connected. Furthermore, a RAID circuit that operates by combining a plurality of storage devices is provided in the server unit.

  The housings are connected to each other long in the lateral direction and stored in a cabinet, and are used as a rack mount server. Further, the housing may be one that can be used as a blade server by being stored in a cabinet and connected to each other with the openings facing each other instead of the connection in the lateral direction.

  The computer apparatus according to the present invention can appropriately select a mounting form in a cabinet in a server unit having the same housing structure, and can be configured in accordance with the application and installation environment.

It is a perspective view of the computer apparatus of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is the partial fracture perspective view seen from the side in the connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a partially broken perspective view in the connected state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the state accommodated in the rack in the connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view explaining the other connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the other connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the other connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the connection member of the other connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the fixed state of the other connection state of the computer apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state which accommodates the computer apparatus of this embodiment in a blade server type in another connection state.

  An embodiment of a computer apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The computer apparatus 10 includes a plurality of server units 12 and drive units 14. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the server unit 12 is configured to have a size that can accommodate two units of the same size in a general rack-mount cabinet width. The external dimensions of the server unit 12 are a width ½ and a depth ½ of a general rack mount server housing, and the height is equal to that of a conventional rack mount housing. Further, an external storage device such as a hard disk drive and a drive unit 14 accommodating a control circuit, a cooling fan, and the like are provided so as to be adjacent to each other and have the same external dimensions as the server unit 12.

  The server unit 12 and the drive unit 14 are constituted by housings 15 and 16 formed of a rectangular parallelepiped metal plate. The housings 15 and 16 are connected to each other by a connecting member 18 connecting member 18 shown in FIG. 2, and in this state, the housings 15 and 16 conform to the standards of a rack mount server and can be stored in a rack mount cabinet.

The housing 15 of the server unit 12 is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape with a metal plate, and in the description in FIG. 1 and the like, the cover member is removed and the upper side surface is opened. In the housing 15, a main circuit board 21 on which a CPU and a temporary storage device are mounted, a power supply device 20, a cooling device unit 22 such as a cooling fan provided on the main circuit board 21, and the like are housed and fixed. Yes. The main circuit board 21 has a RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent) for operating a combination of a plurality of hard disks and semiconductor storage devices.
A circuit board 23 provided with a (Disks) circuit can also be mounted. A storage device 24 such as a hard disk drive is attached to the front side of the housing 15 so as to be detachable from the unit front surface 12a.

  The housing 16 of the drive unit 14 is also the same size as the housing 15 and has a similar structure with a metal plate. Inside the unit front surface 14a side, a large-capacity storage device 26 such as a hard disk drive or a semiconductor storage element is provided from the front surface. Various control circuits and the like (not shown) are fixed. Further, wirings (not shown) for connecting the units and electronic elements are provided in the housings 15 and 16, and input / output connector mounting portions of connectors (not shown) to which internal wirings are connected on the outer surfaces of the housings 15 and 16. And is formed so as to be connectable to a plug of an external wiring (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the connecting portions of the housings 15, 16 are provided on the side surfaces 15 a, 16 a facing each other at positions where openings 15 b, 16 b for passing the wiring through the center are facing each other. ing. A U-shaped connecting groove 27 and a connecting groove 28 cut out in a U shape from the opening are provided on the side surfaces 15a and 16a on the front surface 12a and 14a side and on the back side of the housings 15 and 16, respectively. The connecting grooves 27 and 28 are formed to have a predetermined length from the opening edge on the upper surface side of each housing 15 and 16 toward the bottom surface. Further, as will be described later, an L-shaped connecting groove 34 used when integrating the housings 15 and 16 so as to match the openings is formed on the upper edges of the side surfaces 15a and 16a. , 16a, and three locations on the other side facing the side surfaces 15a, 16a. The connecting groove 34 is formed in a certain length parallel to the bottom surface from the opening edge of the housing 15, 16 toward the bottom surface and then toward the unit front surface 12 a, 14 a side.

  In the central part of the connecting member 18, an opening 18b is formed at a position facing the openings 15b and 16b of the side surfaces 15a and 16a so as to allow wiring to pass therethrough. Further, the coupling member 18 is engaged with the side surfaces 15a and 16a of the housings 15 and 16 so as to face the coupling grooves 27 and the coupling grooves 28 on the front side and the rear side so as to be fitted in the coupling grooves 27 and 28. The member 30 protrudes at four places on the front and back sides of the front side and the back side. The engaging member 30 is formed in a mushroom shape having a head portion larger than the groove width of the connecting grooves 27 and 28 and a shaft portion under the head portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the groove width.

  At the left and right end portions of the housings 15 and 16, holding portions 32 that project from the racks (not shown) are provided. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, when the housings 15 and 16 are integrated and mounted on the rack, a U-shaped frame member 36 is attached.

  Next, the case where the server unit 12 and the drive unit 14 of this embodiment are housed in a rack-mounted cabinet will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the housings 15 and 16 are integrally connected by the connecting member 18, and the frame member 36 shown in FIG. 5 is attached to complete the combined unit of the server unit 12 and the drive unit 14. In this state, a cover member (not shown) is attached to and covered with the opening on the upper surface, and the outer dimensions can be stored in a rack cabinet having a general standard size. The two units 12 and 14 connected in this manner are stored in one storage stage of a rack cabinet having a general standard size. In addition, since this computer apparatus 10 has a depth of 1/2, the depth of the cabinet can also be reduced to 1/2, and the volume of the entire cabinet should be 1/2 of a general rack-mounted cabinet. Can do.

  Note that the server unit 12 and the drive unit 14 do not necessarily have to be connected to each other in a pair, and the server units 12 are connected in the same manner so that the two server units are accommodated in one stage of the rack cabinet. Also good.

  Next, the case where the server unit 12 of the present invention is housed in the blade server cabinet 44 as shown in FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6, a closing plate 38 is attached to the openings 15b and 16b formed on the side surfaces 15a and 16a of the housings 15 and 16, and the openings 15b and 16b are closed. Then, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the housings 15 and 16 are closed so that the openings of the housings 15 and 16 are aligned. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a U-shaped frame member 40 having tip portions formed at intervals equal to the width of the front surface of one of the housings 15 and 16 is attached from the back side and fixedly connected to each other. To do. As shown in FIG. 9, the connection method is performed using an engagement member 42 provided inside the frame member 40. The engaging members 42 are fitted into the L-shaped connecting grooves 34 of the side surfaces 15a and 16a, respectively, and protrude in two portions in the width direction of the frame member 40 at three locations on one side facing each other. . The shape of the engaging member 42 is a mushroom having a head portion larger than the groove width of the connecting groove 34 and a shaft portion below the head portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the groove width. Thereby, each engaging member 42 can be fitted in the connecting groove 34 on each side surface of the housings 15 and 16 so that the housings 15 and 16 whose openings face each other can be connected inseparably.

  Also in this case, the server unit 12 and the drive unit 14 do not necessarily have to be paired with each other, but the server units 12 are similarly connected to each other so that the two server units are for blade servers as shown in FIG. The blade server unit 46 may be housed in the cabinet 44.

  According to the computer apparatus 10 of this embodiment, the server unit 12 can be configured with a width that is ½ of the conventional general standard. Further, by connecting the server units 12 to each other or the drive unit 14, 2 The conventional rack cabinet for one stage is used with one unit, and the computer apparatus 10 with high space efficiency can be configured. Similarly, when stored in the blade server cabinet 44 in the blade server format, the height and the like can be reduced to ½ or less of the conventional size, the volume can be reduced as a whole, and a large number of server units can be connected. Thus, the space efficiency of the computer apparatus 10 can be increased.

  The computer apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the standard of dimensions can be set as appropriate, and may be 1/4 of the conventional standard. The server unit and the drive unit may be configured by the housing, and may be stored in a predetermined cabinet by connecting them in the lateral direction or facing each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Computer apparatus 12 Server unit 14 Drive unit 15, 16 Housing 18, 40 Connection member 20 Power supply device 21 Main circuit board 22 Cooling device part 24, 26 Storage device 27, 28, 34 Connection groove 30, 42 Engagement member

Claims (6)

  A computer apparatus comprising a plurality of housings having the same size configuration, each of which constitutes a server unit and a drive unit, and the housings are connected to each other and housed in a predetermined cabinet.   A connecting groove for connecting a pair of housings is formed on a side surface of the housing, and an engaging member of a connecting member for connecting the pair of housings is engaged with and fixedly connected to the connecting groove. The computer apparatus according to claim 1.   The computer apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the housing comprises a server unit and a drive unit, and is integrally connected to each other, or a pair of server units are integrally connected.   4. The computer apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a RAID circuit that operates by combining a plurality of storage devices is provided in the server unit.   The computer apparatus according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein the housings are connected to each other in the lateral direction so as to be stored in a cabinet and used as a rack mount server. The computer apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the housing is connected with the openings facing each other instead of the connection in the lateral direction, and is housed in a cabinet and can be used as a blade server.

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