TW201618656A - Server - Google Patents

Abstract

A server includes a tray, a backplane, a plurality of first storage devices, at least one second storage device, a power supply and a circuit board module. The tray has a front region and a back region adjacent to the front region. The backplane is disposed on the front region. The first storage devices are disposed on the front region, and plugged into the backplane individually. The second storage device is disposed on a side of the back region. The power supply is disposed on another side of the back region. The circuit board module is disposed on the back region between the second storage device and the power supply, and electrically connected to the first storage devices, second storage device and the power supply.

Description

server

The present invention relates to a server, and more particularly to a server that uses a front end area of a tray as a storage setting area and a rear end area of a tray as a system setting area.

Generally speaking, for information service companies (such as ISP/ICP/ISV/IDC), the server must first consider the physical parameters such as the size, power consumption, and heat generation of the server, because information service companies usually use large-scale dedicated The computer room uniformly deploys and manages a large number of server resources. The computer room usually has strict security measures, a good cooling system, and multiple backup power supply systems. The cost of the machine room is quite expensive. How to deploy more servers in a limited space is directly related to the service cost of the enterprise.

Among the common servers, there is a rack server designed to be used in conjunction with a cabinet, and because it is designed like a drawer, it can reduce the occupation of the server space, thereby reducing the cost of hosting the room. Among them, although the rack server is greatly smaller than other kinds of servers (such as tower servers), its scalability and heat dissipation are limited, and it is usually impossible to achieve too complete device expansion, so performance is It is relatively limited, and due to space constraints, it is not conducive to maintenance operations.

In view of the prior art, the performance of the existing server often depends on the hardware conditions such as scalability and heat dissipation, but in the case of limited server space, the scalability and heat dissipation of the server are subject to Restricted and not conducive to maintenance work. Accordingly, the main object of the present invention is to provide a server that divides a server tray into a front end area and a back end area, and uses the front end area as a storage setting area and the back end area as a system setting. Area to increase the convenience of users for maintenance.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a server for solving the problems of the prior art, and includes a server, a storage backplane, a plurality of first storage devices, at least one second storage device, and a storage device. A power supply device and a circuit board module. The tray has a front end area and a rear end area, the front end area is a storage setting area, the rear end area is adjacent to the front end area, and the back end area is a system setting area. The storage backplane is disposed in the front end area. The first storage devices are arranged in the front end region and are independently inserted and removed into the storage backplane. The second storage device is disposed on one side of the rear end region. The power supply device is disposed on the other side of the rear end region relative to the second storage device. The circuit board module is disposed between the second storage device and the power supply device, and the circuit board module is electrically connected to the first storage device, the second storage device, and the power supply device. The circuit board module controls the operation of the storage backboard and the first storage device together with the second storage device and the power supply device, and is used for communication with the external electronic device.

As described above, since the tray has a front end area as a storage setting area The rear end area of the area is set for the system, so when the user performs maintenance operations such as repair, replacement or amplification, the system maintenance operation can be effectively performed for the system setting area, or the hard disk can be replaced or expanded in the storage setting area. Increase the operation, effectively increase the convenience of maintenance.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned necessary technical means is that the second storage device is two, and the two second storage devices are placed on top of each other. Preferably, the first storage device is a data storage hard disk, and the second storage device is a first operating system for storing a hard disk.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned necessary technical means is that the first storage device is a data storage hard disk, and the second storage device is a second operating system for storing a hard disk.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned technical means is that the circuit board module comprises a main circuit board having a central processing unit, a first intermediate card and a second intermediary card, and a main circuit board having a central processing unit. Electrically coupled to the first intermediary card and the second intermediary card, wherein the first intermediary card and the main circuit board having the central processing unit are electrically connected to the first storage device and the second storage device, and the second intermediary card has a connection The main circuit board of the central processing unit communicates with an external server.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned technical means is that the first storage device and the second storage device are both a data storage hard disk.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned technical means is that the server further comprises a fan module disposed between the front end region and the rear end region.

An auxiliary technical means derived from the above-mentioned necessary technical means is that the server further comprises a front circuit board which is disposed in one of the front end brackets of the tray. side.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following examples and drawings.

100, 100a‧‧‧ server

1‧‧‧Tray

11‧‧‧ front bracket

12‧‧‧ Rear bracket

2‧‧‧Storage backplane

3‧‧‧First storage device

4a, 4b, 4c‧‧‧ second storage device

5‧‧‧Power supply unit

6‧‧‧Circuit board module

61‧‧‧Main circuit board with central processing unit

62‧‧‧First Intermediary Card

63‧‧‧Second intermediary card

7‧‧‧Fan module

8‧‧‧Front board

FR‧‧‧ front end area

BR‧‧‧Back area

1 is a perspective view showing a server board according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention; and a second diagram showing a circuit board module of a server provided by the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; A schematic perspective view of a server provided by a second preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown.

Please refer to the first figure and the second figure together. The first figure shows a schematic view of the server provided by the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; the second figure shows the server provided by the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. A schematic diagram of a circuit board module. As shown, a server 100 includes a tray 1, a storage backplane 2, twelve first storage devices 3, two second storage devices 4a, 4b, a power supply device 5, and a circuit board module. 6. A fan module 7 and a front circuit board 8.

The tray 1 has a front end area FR and a rear end area BR. The front end area FR is a storage setting area, the rear end area BR is adjacent to the front end area FR, and the rear end area BR is a system setting area. In addition, the tray 1 further has a front end bracket 11 and a rear end bracket 12 disposed opposite to each other, and the front end region FR and the rear end region BR are located at the front end bracket 11 Between the rear end bracket 12.

The storage backboard 2 is disposed in the front end region FR. The first storage devices 3 are arranged in the front end region FR, and are independently inserted and removed into the storage backplane 2. In this embodiment, the first storage device 3 is a data storage hard disk, which is actually a 3.5-inch data storage hard disk.

The second storage devices 4a, 4b are disposed on one side of the rear end region BR. The power supply device 5 is disposed on the other side of the rear end region BR with respect to the second storage devices 4a, 4b. Wherein, the second storage devices 4a, 4b are placed one on top of the other, while the second storage device 4a, 4b is actually a 2.5" first operating system storage hard disk for providing redundant buffer space, for example, When the second storage device 4a is used as the main system hard disk, the second storage device 4b is a secondary system hard disk, thereby achieving the backup function.

The circuit board module 6 is disposed between the second storage device 4a, 4b and the power supply device 5, and the circuit board module 6 is electrically connected to the first storage device 3 and the second storage device. The devices 4a, 4b and the power supply device 5. In addition, the circuit board module 6 includes a main circuit board 61 having a central processing unit, a first intermediate card 62, and a second intermediary card 63. The main circuit board 61 having the central processing unit is electrically connected to the first card 62 and the second card 63, and the first card 62 is electrically connected to the main circuit board 61 having the central processing unit. 3 and the second storage device 4a, 4b, the second intermediary card 63 is connected to the main circuit board 61 having a central processing unit and an external server (not shown), whereby the first storage device 3 and the second storage device 4a 4b can communicate with an external server to transmit data. In other words, the circuit board module 6 is combined with the second storage device 4a, 4b and the power supply device 5 to jointly control the storage backplane 2 and the first storage. The device 3 operates and is used to communicate with external electronic devices such as external servers.

The fan module 7 is disposed between the front end region FR and the rear end region BR for generating a heat dissipation airflow for the first storage device 3, the second storage device 4a, 4b, the power supply device 5, and the circuit board module 6. Cooling.

The front circuit board 8 is disposed inside the front end bracket 11 of the tray 1.

As described above, since the tray 1 has the front end area FR as the storage setting area and the rear end area BR as the system setting area, the user can perform maintenance and maintenance of the system in the system setting area, that is, the rear end area BR for the maintenance of the system. And the user can also perform maintenance operations such as repair, replacement or amplification on the first storage device 3 in the front end region FR, or perform the first intermediary card 62 or the second intermediary for the circuit board module 6 located in the rear end region BR. The card 63 performs maintenance operations such as maintenance, replacement, or amplification; thereby, the server 100 provided by the present invention can effectively increase the convenience of the user in performing maintenance on the server 100.

Please refer to the third figure, which is a perspective view showing the servo provided by the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, a server 100a is similar to the server 100 described above, except that the server 100a replaces the second storage device 4a, 4b of the server 100 with a second storage device 4c, and in the present embodiment. In the example, the second storage device 4c is a 3.5-inch second operating system for storing hard disks. In other embodiments, the second storage device 4c can also function as a data storage hard disk as the first storage device 3, and operates in conjunction with an external server operating system to which the circuit board module 6 is connected.

With the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is intended that the features and spirit of the present invention will be more clearly described, rather than the preferred embodiments disclosed herein. The embodiments are intended to limit the scope of the invention. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalents within the scope of the invention as claimed.

100‧‧‧Server

1‧‧‧Tray

11‧‧‧ front bracket

12‧‧‧ Rear bracket

2‧‧‧Storage backplane

3‧‧‧First storage device

4a, 4b‧‧‧ second storage device

5‧‧‧Power supply unit

6‧‧‧Circuit board module

7‧‧‧Fan module

8‧‧‧Front board

BR‧‧‧Back area

FR‧‧‧ front end area

Claims (8)

A server includes: a tray having a front end region and a rear end region, wherein the front end region is a storage setting region, the rear end region is adjacent to the front end region, and the back end region is a system a storage area; a storage backplane is disposed in the front end area; a plurality of first storage devices are arranged in the front end area and are independently inserted and removed to the storage backboard; at least one second storage device is Provided on one side of the rear end region; a power supply device disposed on the other side of the rear end region relative to the second storage device; and a circuit board module disposed in the rear end region, and Between the second storage device and the power supply device, the circuit board module is electrically connected to the first storage device, the second storage device, and the power supply device; wherein the circuit board module The second storage device is combined with the power supply device to control the operation of the storage backplane and the first storage devices, and is used for communication with external electronic devices. The server of claim 1, wherein the second storage device is two, and the two second storage devices are stacked one above the other. The server of claim 2, wherein the first storage device is a data storage hard disk, and the second storage device is a first operating system storage device. Save the hard drive. The server of claim 1, wherein the first storage device is a data storage hard disk, and the second storage device is a second operating system for storing a hard disk. The server of claim 1, wherein the circuit board module comprises a main circuit board having a central processing unit, a first intermediary card, and a second intermediary card, the main unit having the central processing unit The circuit board is electrically connected to the first intermediary card and the second intermediary card, wherein the first intermediary card and the main circuit board having the central processing unit are electrically connected to the first storage device and the second storage device The second intermediary card is connected to the main circuit board having the central processing unit for communication with an external server. The server of claim 1, wherein the first storage device and the second storage device are both a data storage hard disk. The server of claim 1, further comprising a fan module disposed between the front end region and the rear end region. The server of claim 1, further comprising a front circuit board disposed on a side of the front end bracket of the tray.