TWI510885B - Storage server and rack system thereof - Google Patents

Description

Storage server and its rack system

This invention relates to a server and rack system, and more particularly to a storage server and storage server rack system.

The server is the core computer that serves each computer in the network system. It can provide the functions of the disk and printing services required by the network users, and also allows each client to share resources in the network environment with each other. The basic structure of the server is roughly the same as that of a general personal computer. It consists of a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an input/output (I/O) device, and is connected by a bus. It is connected internally, connected to the central processing unit and memory through the north bridge chip, and connected to the input/output device through the south bridge chip.

Taking the rack server as an example, the rack server is a server designed to have a uniform appearance and is used in conjunction with the rack. A slidable casing is arranged in the frame, and components such as a motherboard module and a hard disk array are disposed in the casing. In order to supply the power required for the operation of the server, a power supply must be configured on the motherboard module. In detail, the motherboard module is configured with a circuit board, and the power supply is electrically connected to the motherboard module through the circuit board. Therefore, it is necessary to additionally provide space for the power supply inside the casing, and the setting position of the motherboard module is also limited by the power input/output (I/O) device. As a result, it is easy to cause space allocation and utilization efficiency in the casing.

The present invention provides a storage server rack system that can centrally supply power to each storage server, and can improve the flexibility of the space configuration within the casing of the storage server and its utilization efficiency.

The invention provides a storage server whose power source is centrally supplied by its rack system, and can improve the flexibility of the space configuration in the casing and the utilization efficiency thereof.

The invention provides a storage server rack system, comprising a plurality of storage servers and a power supply centralized module. The storage server is assembled in a rack. The power supply centralization module takes power from outside the rack and distributes the power to the storage server. The storage server includes a casing, a motherboard module, a plurality of hard disk modules and an electrical connector module. The casing is placed in the rack. The motherboard module is disposed on one of the first sides of the casing. The input/output port of the motherboard is exposed to the outside of the casing from a first opening on the first side. The hard disk modules are respectively laid in the casing and located between the motherboard module and the casing. The electrical connector module has a power distribution circuit disposed on a second side of the first side of the housing and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk module. Wherein, when the storage server is assembled in the rack, the electrical connector module is plugged into the power supply central supply module to form an electrical connection, and the power supply is obtained from the centralized power supply module and is divided into multiple channels to each motherboard module. With the hard disk module.

The present invention provides a storage server suitable for assembly in a rack. The rack includes a power supply central supply module. The power supply centralization module takes power from outside the rack and distributes the power to the server. The storage server includes a casing, a motherboard module, a plurality of hard disk modules, and an electrical connector module. The casing is placed in the rack. The motherboard module is disposed on one of the first sides of the casing. The input/output port of the motherboard is exposed to the outside of the casing from a first opening on the first side. The hard disk modules are respectively laid in the casing and located between the motherboard module and the casing. The electrical connector module has a power distribution circuit disposed on a second side of the first side of the housing and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk module. Wherein, when the storage server is assembled in the rack, the electrical connector module is plugged into the power supply central supply module to form an electrical connection, and the power supply is obtained from the centralized power supply module and is divided into multiple channels to each motherboard module. With the hard disk module.

In an embodiment of the invention, an expansion card is further inserted into the motherboard. The input/output port of the expansion card is exposed from the second opening on the first side to the outside of the casing, and the second opening and the first opening are laid on the casing.

In an embodiment of the invention, a fan wall is further disposed in the rack to dissipate heat from the storage server. The power supply centralization module is located between the fan wall and the storage server, and the fan wall is electrically connected to the power supply centralization module to obtain power.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electrical connector module includes a first electrical connector and a plurality of second electrical connectors. The first electrical connector is disposed on the outer side of the electrical connector module relative to the chassis, and is adapted to be electrically connected to the power supply centralization module. The second electrical connector is disposed on the inner side of the electrical connector module and correspondingly electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk module. The power distribution circuit is disposed in the electrical connector module and located between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector, and distributes the power input by the first electrical connector to the second electrical connector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electrical connector module further includes a power consumption calculation circuit disposed on the power distribution circuit. The power consumption calculation circuit calculates the power of the first electrical connector input and the power consumption of the power output from each of the second electrical connectors to the motherboard module and each of the hard disk modules, and outputs the calculation result to a rack management mode group.

Based on the above, the present invention provides an electrical connector module on one of the first sides of each server to distribute the power provided by the power supply centralization module of the storage server rack system to each server. Therefore, the present invention does not need to provide a power module in each server to provide power, thereby increasing the available space in the server, and having a relatively simple layout in the casing of the server, thereby improving space utilization in the casing. rate.

In addition, the present invention further utilizes a power supply centralized supply module to divide the power supply into multiple electrical connector modules of the storage servers, and transmits the power to the motherboard module and the hard disk module to make the motherboard module The position is not limited to the position of the electrical connector module, but is disposed on the second side of the first side opposite to the casing, and the hard disk module is respectively disposed on the motherboard module, the electrical connector module and the casing Between the gaps, the flexibility of the space configuration of the server is increased. Therefore, the present invention can certainly improve the space utilization in the server and the flexibility of the configuration of the internal components of the server.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

1 is a storage server rack in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention Schematic diagram of the system. 2 is a schematic illustration of some of the components of the storage server rack system of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, the storage server rack system 10 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of storage servers 100 and a power centralized supply module 200. The storage server 100 is assembled in a rack 300. The power supply centralization module 200 takes power from outside the rack 300 and distributes the power to the storage server 100. The storage server 100 includes a casing 110, a motherboard module 120, a plurality of hard disk modules 140, and an electrical connector module 130. The rack 300 has a plurality of shelf spaces C1 for accommodating a plurality of storage servers 100, and the storage servers 100 are slidably disposed in the shelf spaces C1, respectively. Only one storage server 100 is shown here, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. In addition, the storage server 100 may also include a network switching control unit or other related electronic device applicable to the storage server system. This is also represented only by the storage server 100.

3 is a top plan view of a storage server in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Here, only some components of the internal space of the casing 110 of the server 100 are shown in FIG. 3, so that the relative relationship between the components can be more clearly described. The storage server 100 includes a casing 110, a motherboard module 120, an electrical connector module 130, and a plurality of hard disk modules 140. The casing 110 is disposed in one of the shelf spaces C1 of the rack 300. The motherboard module 120 is disposed on one of the first sides 112 of the casing 110. The input/output port 122 of the motherboard module 120 is exposed from the first opening 116 of the first side 112 to the outside of the casing 110. In this embodiment, an expansion card 124 is further inserted into the motherboard module 120. The input/output port of the expansion card 124 is exposed from the second opening 118 on the first side 112 to the outside of the casing 110. second The opening 118 and the first opening 116 are laid flat on the casing 110. The electrical connector module 130 has a power distribution circuit (not shown), and the electrical connector module 130 is disposed on the second side 114 of the first side 112 of the housing 110 and the motherboard module 120. The hard disk module 140 is electrically connected. The hard disk module 140 is respectively laid in the casing 110 and located between the motherboard module 120 and the casing 110.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 simultaneously, when the storage server 100 is assembled in the rack 300, the electrical connector module 130 is plugged into the power supply centralization module 200 to form an electrical connection. At this time, the electrical connector module 130 obtains power from the power supply centralization module 200 and divides it into multiple motherboard modules 120 and hard disk modules 140 to allow each motherboard module 120 and the hard disk module. 140 gets the power to make it work. It should be noted that since the storage server rack system 10 of FIG. 2 only shows a storage server 100. Therefore, the power supply centralization module 200 of FIG. 2 is only illustrated as an example for interfacing the electrical connector module 130 of the storage server 100, and does not represent the power supply centralization module 200. The whole picture. In this embodiment, the power supply centralization module 200 is electrically connected to an external power supply outside the rack 300. However, the present invention does not limit the manner in which the power centralized supply module 200 is disposed on the rack 300 and its external power supply. The connection method. In the embodiment, the storage server 100 further includes a plurality of electrical connection lines 150. The electrical connection wires 150 are electrically connected to the motherboard module 120 and the hard disk module 140 to the electrical connector module 130, respectively.

As described above, the electrical connector module 130 is disposed on the first side 112 of each storage server 100 to store the power of the server rack system 10. The power provided by the source centralized supply module 200 is distributed to each storage server 100. Therefore, the embodiment does not need to provide a power module in each storage server 100 to provide power, thereby increasing the available space in the storage server 100. In addition, in this embodiment, the power supply centralization module 200 is used to divide the power supply into the electrical connector module 130 of each storage server 100, and the power is transmitted to the motherboard module 120 and the hard power through the electrical connection line 150. The disc module 140 is configured such that the position of the motherboard module 120 is not limited to the position of the electrical connector module 130, but can be disposed on the second side 114 of the first side 112 of the housing 110, and the hard disk module The group 140 is disposed between the motherboard module 120 and the gap between the electrical connector module 130 and the casing 110, thereby increasing the flexibility of the space configuration of the storage server 100.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a fan wall 310 is further disposed in the rack 300, so that the heat dissipation airflow provided by the fan wall 310 enters the storage server 100 to dissipate heat from the storage server 100. The power supply centralization module 200 is located between the fan wall 310 and the storage server 100, and the fan wall 310 is electrically connected to the power supply centralization module 200 to obtain power.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the electrical connector module 130 includes a first electrical connector 132 and a plurality of second electrical connectors 134 . The first electrical connector 132 is disposed on the outer side of the electrical connector module 130 relative to the casing 110 and is adapted to be electrically connected to the power supply centralization module 200. The second electrical connector 134 is disposed on the inner side of the electrical connector module 130 relative to the casing 110 and electrically connected to the motherboard module 120 and the hard disk module 140. The power distribution circuit is disposed in the electrical connector module 130 and located between the first electrical connector 132 and the second electrical connector 134, and distributes the power input by the first electrical connector 132 to the first Two electrical connectors 134. In this embodiment, the electrical connector module 130 further includes a power consumption calculation circuit (not shown) disposed on the power distribution circuit. The power consumption calculation circuit calculates the power supply power input by the first electrical connector 132 and the power consumption of the power output from each of the second electrical connectors 134 to the motherboard module 120 and each of the hard disk modules 140, and outputs the calculation result to the first power connector 134. Rack management module (not shown).

In summary, the present invention provides an electrical connector module on one of the first sides of each storage server to distribute the power provided by the power supply centralization module of the storage server rack system to each storage server. Therefore, the present invention does not need to provide a power module in each storage server to provide power, thereby increasing the available space in the storage server, and having a relatively simple layout in the casing of the storage server, thereby improving the inside of the casing. Space utilization.

In addition, the present invention further utilizes a power supply centralized supply module to divide the power supply into multiple electrical connector modules of the storage servers, and transmits the power to the motherboard module and the hard disk module through a plurality of electrical connection lines. The position of the motherboard module is not limited to the position of the electrical connector module, but may be disposed on the second side of the first side opposite to the casing. The hard disk module is respectively disposed between the motherboard module, the electrical connector module and the gap of the casing, which increases the flexibility of the space configuration of the storage server. Moreover, the present invention further provides a fan wall on the rack to dissipate heat from the storage server. Therefore, the present invention can improve the space utilization in the storage server and the flexibility of the configuration of the storage server internal components, and can improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the storage server.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art does not deviate. In the spirit and scope of the present invention, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

10‧‧‧Storage Server Rack System

100‧‧‧Storage server

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200‧‧‧Power Centralized Supply Module

300‧‧‧Rack

310‧‧‧Fan wall

C1‧‧‧Layer space

1 is a schematic diagram of a storage server rack system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic illustration of some of the components of the storage server rack system of FIG. 1.

3 is a top plan view of a storage server in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Storage server

110‧‧‧Shell

112‧‧‧ first side

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Claims (7)

A storage server rack system comprising: a plurality of storage servers assembled in a rack; and a power supply centrally supplying module, obtaining power from the rack and distributing the power to the storage servers; Each of the storage servers includes: a casing disposed in the frame; a motherboard module disposed on a first side of the casing, the input/output of the motherboard being located at the first A first opening of the side is exposed outside the casing, and an expansion card is further inserted into the motherboard, and the input/output port of the expansion card is exposed from the second opening of the first side to the outside of the casing. The second opening and the first opening are laid on the casing; a plurality of hard disk modules are respectively laid in the casing and located between the motherboard module and the casing; and an electrical connection The device module has a power distribution circuit disposed on the second side of the first side of the housing, and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk modules, wherein When the storage server is assembled in the rack, the electrical connector module is plugged into the power set Supply module is electrically connected is formed, from a centralized power supply module to receive power and multiplexed into the main board module to each of the plurality of hard disk module. The storage server rack system of claim 1, wherein a fan wall is further disposed in the rack to dissipate heat from the storage server, and the power supply centralization module is located at the fan wall. Some Between the storage servers, the fan wall is electrically connected to the power supply centralization module to obtain power. The storage server rack system of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector module comprises: a first electrical connector disposed on the outer side of the electrical connector module, adapted to The power supply is electrically connected to the hard disk module; and the plurality of second electrical connectors are disposed on the inner side of the electrical connector module and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk modules; The power distribution circuit is disposed in the electrical connector module and located between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connectors, and distributes the power input by the first electrical connector to the second Electrical connector. The storage server rack system of claim 3, wherein the electrical connector module further comprises a power consumption calculation circuit disposed on the power distribution circuit, wherein the power consumption calculation circuit calculates the first electrical connection. The power input of the device and the power consumption of the power output from each of the second electrical connectors to the motherboard module and each hard disk module, and output the calculation result to a rack management module. A storage server adapted to be assembled in a rack, the rack includes a power supply centralization module, the power supply centralization module obtains power from the outside of the rack and distributes the power to the storage servers, The storage server includes: a casing disposed in the frame; a motherboard module disposed on a first side of the casing, the input/output port of the motherboard being exposed to a first opening on the first side Outside the casing, an expansion card is further inserted into the motherboard, and an input/output port of the expansion card is exposed from the second opening of the first side to the outside of the casing, the second opening and the first opening The opening is tiled on the casing; a plurality of hard disk modules are respectively laid in the casing and located between the motherboard module and the casing; and an electrical connector module has a power distribution The circuit is disposed on the second side of the first side of the casing and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk modules, wherein the storage server is assembled to the chassis When the electrical connector module is plugged into the power supply centralization module to form an electrical connection, the power supply module is used to obtain power and is divided into multiple channels to each of the motherboard modules and the hard disk modules. . The storage server of claim 5, wherein the electrical connector module comprises: a first electrical connector disposed on the outer side of the electrical connector module, adapted to be concentrated with the power source The power module is electrically connected; the plurality of second electrical connectors are disposed on the inner side of the electrical connector module and electrically connected to the motherboard module and the hard disk modules; wherein the power is A distribution circuit is disposed in the electrical connector module between the first electrical connector and the second electrical connectors, and the power input to the first electrical connector is distributed to the second electrical connectors. The storage server of claim 6, wherein the electrical connector module further comprises a power consumption calculation circuit disposed on the power distribution circuit, wherein the power consumption calculation circuit calculates the input of the first electrical connector The power of the power and the power consumption of the power output from each of the second electrical connectors to the motherboard module and each of the hard disk modules, and output the calculation result to a rack management module.