TW201426290A - System and method of testing hard disks - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method of testing hard disks. The system includes an obtaining module for obtaining number of the hard disks, wherein, each hard disk includes a lighting device; a generating module for generating a number of test programs, wherein, the number of the test programs is the same as the number of the hard disks, and each test program tests each hard disk; an interrupting module for interrupting all the tests of hard disk, if one of the hard disks has an error in the testing; a controlling module for controlling the light device of the hard disk with error, and the lighting device of other hard disks to open flash lights alternately. The present invention can be used to test hard disks.

Description

Hard disk test system and method

The present invention relates to test systems and methods, and more particularly to a hard disk test system and method.

Today's computer devices, such as servers, generally require a lot of storage devices. A server often has dozens or even hundreds of hard drives. In order to ensure that the performance parameters such as the capacity and speed of the hard disk meet the requirements of the customer when the server is shipped, the hard disk needs to be tested. However, in the existing test method, when the test software finds that one of the hard disks does not meet the requirements, the test software knows that the hard disk has a problem, but the tester has no way to find out which one of the hard disks is. The area to test to find the hard disk in the area has no problem, find the problematic hard disk area and then specific to each hard disk for testing, this method is very time consuming, inefficient, and often cause a large number of hard drives to be carried out The insertion and removal action increases the possibility of human damage.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a hard disk test system method to facilitate the tester to find the location of the problem hard disk.

A hard disk test system running on a computer, the system comprising: an acquisition module, configured to acquire a number of hard disks to be tested, wherein each hard disk includes a light emitting unit; and a generating module configured to generate the hard disk The same number of test programs, wherein each generated test program tests a hard disk; the interrupt module is used to interrupt all hard disk tests when any one of the hard disks is detected; the control module, The lighting unit for controlling the problem hard disk alternately emits blinking lights with the lighting units of other hard disks.

A hard disk testing method is applied to a computer, the method comprising: obtaining a step of obtaining a number of hard disks to be tested, wherein each hard disk comprises a light emitting unit; and generating a step of generating a test program having the same number of the hard disk, wherein Each generated test program tests a hard disk; interrupts the step, interrupts all hard disk tests when any one of the hard disks is detected; control steps, control the problem of the hard disk's light unit and other hard disks The lighting units alternately emit flashing lights.

Compared with the prior art, the hard disk test system and method, when the hard disk is detected to have a problem, alternately emit flashing lights through the light-emitting unit of the control hard disk and the light-emitting units of other hard disks, so that the user can pass through The alternation of the lighting units to find the location of the problem hard disk improves the test efficiency.

Referring to FIG. 1, it is an application environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of the hard disk test system 1 of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the hard disk test system 1 is operated in a computer 100 for testing a plurality of hard disks 3 connected to the computer 100. In this embodiment, the computer 100 can communicate with the plurality of hard interfaces through a general-purpose interface such as IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), SATA (Serial ATA), SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), and USB (Universal Serial BUS). Disc 3 is connected. The hard disk 3 includes a light emitting unit 30, and the light emitting unit 30 may be an indicator light for indicating data interaction between the hard disk 3 and the computer 100, or may be a power indicator light of the hard disk 3 or used to indicate the hard disk. 3 Indicator light connected to the hard disk backplane.

In this embodiment, the hard disk test system 1 may include one or more modules, and the one or more modules may be stored in any one of the hard disks 3 to be tested or stored in the computer 100. In other storage devices. In this embodiment, the hard disk test system 1 includes an acquisition module 10, a generation module 11, a determination module 12, an interrupt module 13, and a control module 14 (see FIG. 2). The module refers to a program segment that can perform a specific function, and the functions of each module will be specifically described in the flowchart of FIG.

Referring to Figure 3, there is shown a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the hard disk test method of the present invention.

In step S1, the acquisition module 10 acquires the number of hard disks 3 to be tested.

Specifically, since the hard disk drive in the computer 100 recognizes a hard disk 3 and generates a device file for the hard disk 3, the obtaining module 10 can read the device file of the hard disk 3 to be tested. The number determines the number of hard disks 3 to be tested. Assuming that five device documents are read, it can be determined that the number of hard disks 3 to be tested is 5.

In step S2, the generation module 11 generates the same number of test programs as the hard disk 3, wherein each generated test program tests one hard disk 3.

Specifically, for example, five hard disks 3 are tested. The hard disk 3 test project is a performance parameter such as capacity and speed. The generation module 11 generates five identical test programs, each of which includes a hard test. The performance parameters of the capacity and rotation speed of the disc 3 are tested, and each test program is tested corresponding to one hard disc 3.

In step S3, the judging module 12 judges whether or not there is a problem that the hard disc 3 is detected. In this embodiment, when a test program tests that there is a problem with the hard disk 3 corresponding to the test program, the test program notifies the determination module 12. If any one of the hard disks 3 is detected to have a problem, step S4 is performed, otherwise, returning to step S2, the hard disk 3 that has not completed the test continues the test.

It is assumed that when one of the hard disks 3 is found to have a performance parameter such as capacity and/or rotational speed that does not meet the requirements, step S4 is performed.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, when a certain test project of the hard disk 3 is found to be inconsistent with the requirement, step S4 may be directly performed, or the hard disk 3 may be completed after all other test projects are completed. S4.

Specifically, it is assumed that the test program first tests the capacity of the hard disk 3, and then tests the speed of the hard disk 3 and other performance parameters, and when it is detected that the capacity of a certain hard disk 3 does not meet the requirements, it can be directly executed. In step S4, or after the test of the performance parameters such as the rotational speed of the other test items of the hard disk 3 to be completed, the step S4 is performed.

In step S4, the interrupt module 13 controls all test programs to interrupt the test of all the hard disks 3.

In step S5, the control module 14 controls the light-emitting unit 30 of the problem hard disk 3 and the light-emitting units 30 of the other hard disks 3 to alternately emit flashing lights, so that the tester can determine the position of the problem hard disk 3 through the alternation of the light-emitting units 30.

In this embodiment, the control module 14 can control the illumination unit 30 to emit blinking lights through the I2C bus bar or the GPIO line.

Specifically, it is assumed that the five hard disks 3 are A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, and the light-emitting units 30 of the five hard disks 3 are I, II, III, IV, and V, respectively, when A is detected. In the case of the problem, the control module 14 can send a flashing light through the I2C bus or the GPIO line control A corresponding to the I, and simultaneously close the B corresponding to II, C corresponding III, D corresponding IV and E corresponding V, That is, II, III, IV, and V do not emit light. After a preset time (for example, 5 seconds, or other time greater than 1 second), the control module 14 turns off the I corresponding to A through the I2C bus or GPIO line, and controls the II, C corresponding to B. Corresponding III, D corresponding IV and E corresponding to V simultaneously emit flashing light, that is, control light hard disk 3 of the hard disk 3 and other hard disk 3 light emitting unit 30 alternately flashing lights, the user can easily It is recognized that the hard disk 3 corresponding to the light-emitting unit 30 that emits light alone is a problem hard disk.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications or equivalents are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

100. . . computer

1. . . Hard disk test system

2. . . processor

3. . . Hard disk

30. . . Light unit

10. . . Get module

11. . . Generation module

12. . . Judging module

13. . . Interrupt module

14. . . Control module

1 is an application environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of a hard disk test system of the present invention.

2 is a functional block diagram of the hard disk test system of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the hard disk test method of the present invention.

1. . . Hard disk test system

10. . . Get module

11. . . Generation module

12. . . Judging module

13. . . Interrupt module

14. . . Control module

Claims (10)

A hard disk test system running on a computer, the system including
Obtaining a module, configured to obtain the number of hard disks to be tested, wherein each hard disk includes a light emitting unit;
Generating a module for generating a test program of the same number as the hard disk, wherein each generated test program tests a hard disk;
The interrupt module is configured to interrupt the test of all the hard disks when any one of the hard disks is detected to have a problem;
The control module is used to control the problem that the light unit of the hard disk and the light unit of the other hard disk alternately emit flashing lights. The hard disk test system of claim 1, wherein the acquisition module identifies the number of hard disks to be tested by reading a device file of the hard disk to be tested. The hard disk test system of claim 1, wherein the control module controls the light emitting unit to emit a flashing light through an I2C bus bar or a GPIO line. The hard disk test system of claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit is an indicator light for indicating data interaction between the hard disk and the computer. The hard disk test system of claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit is a power indicator of the hard disk or an indicator light indicating that the hard disk is connected to the hard disk backplane. A hard disk test method applied to a computer, the method comprising
Obtaining a step of obtaining the number of hard disks to be tested, wherein each hard disk includes a light emitting unit;
a generating step of generating a test program of the same number as the hard disk, wherein each generated test program tests a hard disk;
Interrupt the step, interrupting all hard disk tests when any one of the hard disks is detected to be defective;
The control step controls the illumination unit of the problem hard disk to alternately emit flashing lights with the illumination units of other hard disks. The hard disk test method according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining step identifies the number of hard disks to be tested by reading a device file of the hard disk to be tested. The hard disk test method according to claim 6, wherein the controlling step controls the light emitting unit to emit a blinking light through the I2C bus bar or the GPIO line. The hard disk test method according to claim 6, wherein the light emitting unit is an indicator light for indicating data interaction between the hard disk and the computer. The hard disk test method of claim 6, wherein the light emitting unit is a power indicator of the hard disk or an indicator light indicating that the hard disk is connected to the hard disk backplane.