TW201935469A - Server system including a rack and a data storage unit - Google Patents

Abstract

A server system includes a rack and a data storage unit disposed in the rack. The rack includes a substrate. The data storage unit includes a plurality of hard disks, a plurality of frame modules, and two fixing plates disposed on the substrate and located on two opposite sides of the frame modules. Each frame module includes a frame for accommodating the hard disk, and two supporting devices disposed on the fixing plate and respectively located on two opposite sides of the frame and are operated in collaborative combination with each other to drive the frame to move. The supporting devices of each frame module can be collaboratively operated to drive the corresponding frame to move between a retraction position and a replacement position, so that when an external force is applied to the frame to be moved in a direction away from the substrate and allowing the supporting device to drive the corresponding frame to move and lifting in the direction away from the substrate to the replacement position, the hard disk to be replaced can be pulled out of the corresponding frame by a user for performing a replacement operation.

Description

Server system

The invention relates to a rack server, in particular to a server system which is convenient for maintenance and replacement.

In a server system of a rack server, it is often necessary to install a certain number of hard disk storage devices. Generally, in order to facilitate fast installation, multiple hard disk storage units (HDD Cages) are used to house the hard disk storage device and integrated into multiple hard disk storage units, and the hard disk storage units are sequentially installed on the basis of actual needs. Inside the rack.

Generally speaking, the storage space of a rack is divided into a motherboard area, a fan area, and a hard disk storage unit area, and the hard disk storage units are sequentially installed in the hard disk storage unit area. position. However, in general, the hard disk storage unit area will only be designed to be slightly larger than the space required to accommodate the hard disk storage unit, and the purpose of effectively using the storage space in the rack is achieved. The disk storage units are closely spaced from each other, so it is not possible to directly remove any hard disk storage device in the storage space of the rack, but they must be separated from each other in accordance with the installation / uninstallation order. The other hard disk storage units and their peripheral structures that are stuck can only be removed after the other hard disk storage units in front of the hard disk storage unit that the user wants to remove have been removed. The hard disk storage unit. Furthermore, the hard disk storage unit is fixed on the rack and cannot be moved. Therefore, if the hard disk storage device in the hard disk storage unit near the fan area needs to be repaired or replaced later, the user needs time-consuming In order to replace the hard disk storage units in the hard disk storage units near the fan area that need to be repaired one by one in order to detach the hard disk storage units away from the fan area one by one, and after the replacement is completed, the user still It is tedious to sequentially replace the hard disk storage units one by one, causing user's distress and trouble, which is inconvenient and very time-consuming, and further exploration is needed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a server system which is convenient for maintenance and replacement.

Therefore, the server system of the present invention includes a rack and a data storage unit disposed in the rack.

The rack includes a substrate. The data storage unit includes a plurality of hard disks, a plurality of frame modules parallel to each other and spaced to accommodate the hard disks, and two frame modules disposed on the substrate and located on two opposite sides of the frame module. Fixed plate. Each frame module includes a frame for accommodating the hard disk, and two supporting devices disposed on the fixed plate and respectively located on two opposite sides of the frame and cooperating with each other to drive the frame to move.

Each frame has a bottom wall adjacent to the base plate of the rack, two side walls extending from two opposite sides of the bottom wall away from the bottom wall and the substrate, and a back connecting the bottom wall and the side wall. board. The bottom wall has a first side far from the back plate and a second side close to the back plate. Each support device is a pivot shaft disposed on the corresponding fixed plate and close to the corresponding back plate, and a support frame elastically pivotally connected to the pivot shaft and connected to one of the side walls of the corresponding frame.

The supporting frame of the supporting device of each frame module cooperates with the corresponding side wall to drive the frame to move between a folded position and a replacement position. At the folded position, the bottom of each frame The wall is adjacent to and parallel to the base plate of the rack; when the frame of each frame module is subjected to an external force in a direction away from the base plate and the support frame is pivoted relative to the pivot axis, the side wall is moved in conjunction with the support frame, and Each frame is lifted away from the substrate, and the distance between the first side of each bottom wall and the substrate is greater than the distance between the second side of each bottom wall and the substrate, and at the replacement position, each A bottom wall is tilted and tilted away from the substrate so that the hard disk can be pulled away from the corresponding frame.

The effect of the present invention lies in the design that the frame is moved between the collapsed position and the replacement position by moving the support frame of each frame module in cooperation with the corresponding side wall, and when the frame is to be replaced or replaced, When repairing the hard disk installed in any frame, just apply the external force of the frame to be moved away from the substrate and pivot the support frame relative to the pivot axis to drive the corresponding The frame moves upwards away from the substrate. When reaching the replacement position, the bottom wall is tilted and tilted away from the substrate, so that the hard disk that needs to be replaced and repaired can be pulled away from the corresponding frame by the user, effectively and quickly extracting the hard disk. Replacement and subsequent repair work.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are represented by the same numbers.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, an embodiment of the server system of the present invention includes a rack 1 and a data storage unit 2 disposed in the rack 1.

The rack 1 includes a substrate 11. The data storage unit 2 includes a plurality of hard disks 3, a plurality of frame modules 4 parallel to each other and spaced from each other and used to accommodate the hard disks 3, and two frame modules 4 disposed on the substrate 11 and located in the frame modules. 4 of two fixed plates 5 on opposite sides. Among them, any two parallel and adjacent frame modules 4 are spaced from each other by an extension space 6. Each frame module 4 includes a frame 41 for accommodating the hard disk 3, and two frames disposed on the fixing plate 5 and located on two opposite sides of the frame 41, respectively. 41 移动 的 保护 装置 42。 41 moving support device 42.

Each frame 41 has a bottom wall 411 adjacent to the substrate 11 of the rack 1, two side walls 414 extending from two opposite sides of the bottom wall 411 away from the bottom wall 411 and the substrate 11, and a connection to the bottom The wall 411 and the back plate 415 of the side wall 414, and a top wall 416 connecting the side wall 414 and the back plate 415 and corresponding to the bottom wall 411. The bottom wall 411 has a first side 412 away from the back plate 415 and a second side 413 near the back plate 415. Each support device 42 has a pivot shaft 421 disposed on the corresponding fixed plate 5 and close to the corresponding back plate 415, and a support elastically pivoted on the pivot shaft 421 and connected to one of the side walls 414 of the corresponding frame 41架 422. The supporting frame 422 of each supporting device 42 has a pivoting body 423 elastically pivotally connected to the pivoting shaft 421, and a supporting arm 424 extending from the pivoting body 423 in the direction of the side wall 414 of the corresponding frame 41. A support arm 424 is locked on the corresponding side wall 414. That is to say, the supporting arm 424 of the supporting device 42 of each frame module 4 is connected to the side wall 414 of the corresponding frame 41, and the pivoting body 423 of the supporting device 42 will be simultaneously rotated. The supporting arm 424 is driven and the side wall 414 is moved to move, so as to drive the corresponding frame 41. In this embodiment, each support frame 422 is made of a metal material, and the pivot body 423 and the support arm 424 of each support frame 422 are integrally formed, but not limited thereto.

The supporting frame 422 of the supporting device 42 of each frame module 4 cooperates with the corresponding side wall 414 to move the frame 41 between a closed position and a replacement position. In the closed position, the bottom wall 411 of each frame 41 is adjacent to and parallel to the base plate 11 of the frame 1; when the frame 41 of each frame module 4 receives an external force in a direction away from the base plate 11 and causes The support frame 422 is pivoted relative to the pivot shaft 421 to move the side wall 414 in linkage with each other, so that each frame 41 is lifted away from the substrate 11, and the first side 412 of each bottom wall 411 and the The distance between the substrates 11 is greater than the distance between the second side 413 of each bottom wall 411 and the substrate 11. At the replacement position, each bottom wall 411 is tilted and tilted away from the substrate 11 so that the hard disk 3 can be pulled away from the corresponding frame 41. To put it simply, for example, the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 of one of the frame modules 4 is subjected to an external force in a direction away from the substrate 11 by a user pulling the first side of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 412, and the support frame 422 is pivoted relative to the pivot shaft 421 to move the side wall 414 of the frame 41 in conjunction with the movement of the frame 41, and the frame 41 moves and lifts away from the substrate 11 However, it is not limited to this. For example, in this embodiment, the top wall 416 has a plurality of protrusions 418 extending in the direction of the frame 41 adjacent to the front side. When any one of the top walls 416 of each frame 41 protrudes, The portion 418 receives the external force in a direction away from the substrate 11 and pivots the support frame 422 relative to the pivot shaft 421 to move the side wall 414, and moves each frame 41 in a direction away from the substrate 11 Tilt, but it is not limited to this, that is to say, the user can directly apply force at any force application point of the frame 41, as long as the frame 41 can be moved and the support frame 422 is relative to the pivot The pivot shaft 421 is pivoted to move the side wall 414 of the frame 41 and move the frame 41 away from the frame 41. Direction of the plate 11 is moved to tilt. During the movement of the frame 41 away from the substrate 11, the distance between the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 and the substrate 11 is greater than the distance between the second side 413 of the bottom wall 411 and the substrate 11, that is, The raised height of the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 is greater than the height of the second side 413. Therefore, at the replacement position, the bottom wall 411 is tilted upward and away from the substrate 11 and the bottom wall 411 The direction from the second side 413 to the first side 412 is inclined away from the substrate 11, so that the hard disk 3 can be pulled away from the corresponding frame 41. Please refer to FIG. 4. In addition, in this embodiment, at the collapsed position, the distance between the top wall 416 of each frame 41 and the substrate 11 is d height. When the first side 412 of the wall 411 is moved away from the substrate 11 to the replacement position, the bottom wall 411 is inclined from the second side 413 toward the first side 412 toward the direction away from the substrate 11 Definition: a first straight line L1 is a reference line extending along the direction of the bottom wall 411 obliquely rising, and a second straight line L2 is a reference line passing longitudinally through the frame 41 adjacent to the front side of the frame 41 as shown in FIG. 4, The first straight line L1 and the second straight line L2 intersect at an intersection A, and the distance between the intersection A and the substrate 11 is h height and the h height is greater than the d height, and the hard disk 3 located in the frame 41 is allowed to be When detaching, it will not be blocked by another adjacent frame 41 on the front side, which will affect the action of detaching the hard disk 3.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, when a user wants to replace or repair any hard disk 3 in one of the frame modules 4, as long as he or she reaches into the corresponding extension space 6 by hand and pulls the frame 41 to be moved, The first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the bracket. At this time, the support frame 422 is pivoted relative to the pivot shaft 421 to move the side wall 414, thereby moving the frame 41 in a direction away from the substrate 11. . When the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 is pulled to the replacement position, the bottom wall 411 is tilted upward in a direction away from the substrate 11 and the bottom wall 411 is directed from the second side 413 to the The direction of the first side 412 is tilted away from the substrate 11. At this time, the user can directly take out the corresponding frame 41 from the hard disk 3 that needs to be repaired and directly perform the replacement operation. Replacement can only be performed after disassembly, reducing the tedious actions of maintenance and disassembly, effectively saving time and improving work efficiency. In this embodiment, the user pulls up the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 and moves the plate to the replacement position, so that subsequent replacement operations can be performed, but the user is not limited to this and can directly apply Any force can be applied to the frame 41 as long as the frame 41 can be moved to the replacement position. After the user replaces the required hard disk 3, as long as the top wall 416 of the frame 41 is applied in the direction of the base plate 11, and the support frame 422 is pivoted relative to the pivot shaft 421, the linkage The side wall 414 can be moved, so that the frame 41 can be moved in a direction closer to the substrate 11 to the folded position.

The supporting frame 422 of each frame module 4 can be moved in cooperation with the corresponding side wall 414 to drive the frame 41 to move between the collapsed position and the replacement position. When it is replaced or repaired and installed, For the hard disk 3 in any frame 41, as long as the first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 to be moved is applied, the external force in a direction away from the substrate 11 is applied and the support frame 422 is opposed to each other. The pivot shaft 421 is pivoted, so that the corresponding frame 41 is moved and lifted away from the substrate 11. When reaching the replacement position, the bottom wall 411 is tilted and tilted away from the substrate 11 so that the hard disk 3 that needs to be replaced and repaired can be pulled away from the corresponding frame 41 by the user, effectively and quickly The hard disk 3 is extracted and replaced for subsequent maintenance.

It should be particularly noted here that each fixing plate 5 has a plurality of first positioning holes 51 and a plurality of second positioning holes 52, and each support frame 422 of each frame module 4 also has a position provided on the pivot. The turning body 423 is elastically retractable and can be locked on the limiting convex ball 43 of the corresponding first and second positioning holes 52. At the closed position, the limiting convex balls 43 of the support frame 422 of each frame module 4 are respectively locked in the corresponding first positioning holes 51; when the bottom wall of the frame 41 of each frame module 4 is The first side 412 of 411 receives the external force in a direction away from the substrate 11 and causes part of the structure of the limiting convex ball 43 to be compressed inwardly by the pressure of the fixing plate 5 and simultaneously makes the support frame 422 opposite to each other. When the pivot shaft 421 is pivoted, the side wall 414 is moved, and each frame 41 is moved away from the substrate 11. In the replacement position, the limiting convex balls 43 of the support frame 422 of each frame module 4 are respectively locked in the corresponding second positioning holes 52, and each bottom wall 411 faces away from the substrate 11. The tilting allows the hard disk 3 to be pulled away from the corresponding frame 41. Further, the limiting convex ball 43 of each support frame 422 can be clamped to the first positioning hole 51 and the second positioning hole 52 of the corresponding fixing plate 5 so that the frame 41 is correspondingly positioned at the folded position. With the replacement position, at the collapsed position, the limiting projections 43 of the support frame 422 of each frame module 4 are respectively locked in the corresponding first positioning holes 51 to assist each frame module 4 Positioned at the closed position, and because the limiting convex ball 43 of each support frame 422 is designed to be self-elastically retractable, when the first side 412 of the frame 41 of each frame module 4 receives external force and moves away When the substrate 11 is moved in the direction, the limiting convex ball 43 is compressed inward and the support frame 422 is simultaneously pivoted relative to the pivot shaft 421 to move the side wall 414 to move to the replacement. In the position, the limiting convex balls 43 of the support frame 422 of each frame module 4 are respectively extended outward to be locked in the corresponding second positioning holes 52, which can assist each frame module 4 in the replacement. position.

In addition, in this embodiment, each frame module 4 also has a plurality of connectors 417 provided on the back plate 415, and each fixing plate 5 also has a plurality of openings 53 that communicate with the extension space 6, The opening 53 is used for a plurality of cable units (not shown) to penetrate into the extension space 6 and be connected to the connector 417. The hard disk 3 is installed in the corresponding frame module 4. In the frame 41, the hard disk 3 is a connector 417 for electrically connecting the back plate 415 of the corresponding frame 41, and the cable unit is used to connect a motherboard unit (not shown) and the connector 417. The hard disk 3 is electrically connected to a corresponding motherboard unit. Therefore, the user only needs to pass the cable unit through the opening 53 and extend into the corresponding extension space 6 and connect the cable unit to the corresponding connector 417, which can facilitate the user to pass through the cable unit. The opening 53 distinguishes which cable unit is connected to the connector 417 of the back plate 415 of the frame module 4 to achieve the effect of arranging the circuits.

In summary, the server system of the present invention drives the frame 41 to move between the folded position and the replacement position by matching the support frame 422 of each frame module 4, so as long as the The first side 412 of the bottom wall 411 of the frame 41 to be moved applies the external force in a direction away from the substrate 11, so that the support frame 422 drives the corresponding frame 41 to move upward in a direction away from the substrate 11, and When the replacement position is reached, the bottom wall 411 is tilted and tilted away from the substrate 11 so that the hard disk 3 to be replaced and repaired can be pulled away from the corresponding frame 41 by the user, so as to conveniently and quickly Extraction and replacement of hard disk 3 and subsequent maintenance work effectively save time and improve efficiency.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited in this way, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification of the present invention are still Within the scope of the invention patent.

1‧‧‧ rack

418‧‧‧ protrusion

11‧‧‧ substrate

42‧‧‧ support device

2‧‧‧Data storage unit

421‧‧‧ Pivot

3‧‧‧ hard drive

422‧‧‧Support

4‧‧‧Frame Module

423‧‧‧Pivot body

41‧‧‧Frame

424‧‧‧Support arm

411‧‧‧ bottom wall

43‧‧‧Limiting convex ball

412‧‧‧first side

5‧‧‧Fixing plate

413‧‧‧second side

51‧‧‧first positioning hole

414‧‧‧ sidewall

52‧‧‧Second positioning hole

415‧‧‧back

53‧‧‧ opening

416‧‧‧Top Wall

6‧‧‧ extended space

417‧‧‧connector

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the server system of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the embodiment One of the frame modules of a data storage unit is in a replacement position; FIG. 3 is a schematic exploded view illustrating the connection relationship between the two fixing plates of the data storage unit and the plurality of frame modules in this embodiment; and FIG. 4 is a schematic side view for explaining FIG. 3.

Claims (6)

A server system includes: a rack including a substrate; and a data storage unit disposed in the rack, the data storage unit includes a plurality of hard disks, a plurality of mutually parallel and spaced from each other, and is used for accommodating A frame module of the hard disk, and two fixing plates disposed on the substrate and located on two opposite sides of the frame module, each frame module including a frame for accommodating the hard disk, and Two supporting devices arranged on the fixed plate and respectively located on two opposite sides of the frame and cooperating with each other to move the frame; each frame has a bottom wall adjacent to the base plate of the frame; Two opposite sides of the wall extend sideways away from the bottom wall and the substrate, and a back plate connecting the bottom wall and the side wall, the bottom wall has a first side away from the back plate, and a near On the second side of the back plate, each supporting device has a pivot shaft disposed on the corresponding fixed plate and close to the corresponding back plate, and a pivotally elastically connected to the pivot shaft and connected to one of the side walls of the corresponding frame. Support frame, each frame module The supporting frame of the supporting device cooperates with the corresponding side wall to move the frame between a collapsed position and a replacement position. At the collapsed position, the bottom wall of each frame is adjacent to and parallel to the machine. The base plate of the frame; when the frame of each frame module is subjected to an external force in a direction away from the base plate and the support frame is pivoted relative to the pivot axis, the side wall is moved to move each frame away from The direction of the substrate is tilted, and the distance between the first side of each bottom wall and the substrate is greater than the distance between the second side of each bottom wall and the substrate, and at the replacement position, each bottom wall faces away from the The direction of the substrate is tilted up, so that the hard disk can be pulled away from the corresponding frame. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the supporting frame of each supporting device has a pivot body elastically pivotally connected to the pivot shaft, and a pivot body extending from the pivot body toward the side wall of the corresponding frame. Each support arm is locked on a corresponding side wall. The server system according to claim 2, wherein each fixing plate has a plurality of first positioning holes and a plurality of second positioning holes, and each support frame of each frame module further has a support provided in the pivot. Limit convex balls on the rotating body, which can be elastically retracted and can be locked in the corresponding first and second positioning holes. At the folded position, the limit convex balls of the support frame of each frame module are respectively It is clamped in the corresponding first positioning hole; when the frame of each frame module is subjected to the external force in a direction away from the substrate, the limiting convex ball is compressed inward and the supporting frame is relatively opposed to the supporting frame. The pivot shaft is pivoted to move the side walls in a manner that causes each frame to tilt away from the substrate, and the distance between the first side of each bottom wall and the substrate is greater than the distance between the second side of each bottom wall and the substrate. The distance of the base plate, and at the replacement position, the limiting convex ball of the support frame of each frame module springs out and is respectively locked in the corresponding second positioning hole, and each bottom wall is positioned away from The direction of the substrate is tilted up so that the hard disk can be pulled away from the corresponding frame. The server system according to claim 1, wherein each frame module further has a plurality of connectors disposed on the backplane, and in the frame module of the data unit, two adjacent frame modules The groups are spaced from each other by an extension space, and each fixing plate also has a plurality of openings communicating with the extension space, and the openings are used for a plurality of cable units to penetrate into the extension space and be connected to the connector. . The server system according to claim 1, wherein when the first side of the bottom wall of the frame of each frame module receives the external force in a direction away from the substrate and causes the support frame to be relative to the pivot axis Pivoting causes the side walls to move, and each frame is lifted in a direction away from the substrate. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the frame of each frame module further has a top wall connecting the side wall and the back plate, the top wall corresponding to the bottom wall and having a plurality of forwards A protruding portion extending in the direction of the side adjacent to the frame, when any protruding portion of the top wall of each frame is subjected to the external force in a direction away from the substrate, the supporting frame is pivoted relative to the pivot axis The side walls are moved in association with each other, and each frame is lifted in a direction away from the substrate.