TWI793759B - System and method for testing read/write and upgrading on hard disk - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for testing read/write and upgrading on hard disk is disclosed in the present invention. The system for testing read/write and upgrading on hard disk includes a choosing module, a testing module, an upgrading module, an acquiring module, and a result generation module. The choosing module is utilized to choose at least one testing option. The testing module is utilized to test a hard disk with the at least one testing option. The upgrading module is utilized to upgrade a firmware version of the hard disk when the testing module tests the hard disk. The acquiring module is utilized to acquire a plurality of data of the hard disk. The result generation module is utilized to generate testing result information of the hard disk.

Description

Hard disk upgrade read-write test system and method

The present invention relates to a system and a method thereof, in particular to a hard disk upgrade read-write test system and a method thereof.

In response to different usage requirements, hard disks usually need to be tested to confirm the impact of different workloads on the performance stability of the hard disk. Generally speaking, the test operation includes a plurality of test items, and will upgrade a firmware version of the hard disk, so that the firmware version is in a pre-upgrade state, an upgrade state and a post-upgrade state in sequence, and respectively in the actual In the test items and the above three states, a plurality of read and write data values are detected for the hard disk respectively, and the read and write data values are retrieved to generate a test result information.

However, in the prior art, the tester needs to manually input the test command of the test item, and after inputting the test command, manually input the upgrade command of the firmware version, which is quite labor-intensive and time-consuming. Furthermore, the test instructions for different test items are different, and the firmware version upgrade instructions for different brands and types of hard disks are also different. Manual input is prone to human error, resulting in command errors and other problems. Furthermore, the hard disk may also be tested for multiple test items at the same time, thereby increasing the possibility of the above-mentioned problems occurring. In addition, after detecting the read and write data values of the hard disk, the inspector needs to manually retrieve the read and write data values and generate the test result information by itself, which is also prone to human error. Moreover, different reading and writing data values may have different units, so directly capturing the reading and writing data values may make the test result information unable to intuitively judge the quality of the reading and writing data values. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the prior art.

In view of the manpower and time-consuming manual testing operations in the prior art, human errors, instruction errors, and test result information, it is impossible to intuitively judge the quality of read and write data values and various problems derived therefrom. One of the main objectives of the present invention is to provide a hard disk upgrade read-write test system to solve at least one problem in the prior art.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, the necessary technical means adopted by the present invention is to provide a hard disk upgrade read-write test system for performing a read-write test operation on a hard disk to be tested, including a selection module, a test module group, an upgrade module, a data detection module and a result generation module. The selection module is used for operating to select at least one actual test item of the read-write test operation from a plurality of built-in test items. The test module is electrically connected to the selection module for performing read and write tests on the hard disk to be tested according to actual test items. The upgrade module is used to upgrade a firmware version of the hard disk to be tested when the read/write test operation is in progress, so that the hard disk to be tested is in a pre-upgrade state, an upgrade state and a post-upgrade state in sequence. The data detection module is electrically connected to the hard disk to be tested, the test module and the upgrade module, and is used to test the hard disk to be tested respectively in the state before the upgrade, the state during the upgrade, and the state after the upgrade when the read and write test operation is in progress. Multiple read and write data values are detected. The result generation module is electrically connected to the data detection module for generating at least one test result information corresponding to the actual test item by reading and writing data values.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to upgrade the hard disk reading and writing test system, which further includes an input module, and the input module is electrically connected to the selection module for a use The user inputs a test command, and controls the selection module to select the actual test item of the read-write test operation according to the test command.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is an upgrade module in the hard disk upgrade read-write test system, which further includes a brand confirmation unit and a type confirmation unit. The brand confirming unit is used for confirming a brand of the hard disk to be tested. The type confirming unit is electrically connected to the brand confirming unit, and is used for confirming a type and model of the hard disk to be tested after confirming the brand.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is an upgrade module in the hard disk upgrade read-write test system, which further includes an instruction storage unit and an upgrade unit. The instruction storage unit is used to store a plurality of control instructions, and each control instruction corresponds to one of the above-mentioned brand and one of the above-mentioned types and models. The upgrade unit is electrically connected to the instruction storage unit, and is used to upgrade the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested by using the corresponding control instructions after confirming the brand and model.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is a result generating module in the hard disk upgrade read-write test system, which further includes a receiving unit and a generating unit. The receiving unit is used for receiving read and write data values. The generating unit is used for generating test result information.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to upgrade the hard disk to the result generation module in the read-write test system, which further includes a sorting unit and a conversion unit. The collation unit is used to receive and collate read and write data values. The conversion unit is used for converting the units of each read/write data value into the same units.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, one of the auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to upgrade the hard disk reading and writing test system, which further includes a termination module, the termination module is electrically connected to the test module and the upgrade module. When an abnormal state is detected, the test module is terminated to perform the read-write test operation and the upgrade module is terminated to upgrade the firmware version.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, one of the auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to upgrade the hard disk reading and writing test system, which further includes an alarm module, which is electrically connected to the termination module, and is used to terminate the test at the termination module. When the module performs the read-write test operation and terminates the upgrade module upgrade firmware version, an alarm message is generated.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, the necessary technical means adopted by the present invention is to additionally provide a hard disk upgrade read-write test method, which is implemented by using the aforementioned hard disk upgrade read-write test system, and includes the following steps: using the selection module to select Actual test items; use the test module to perform read and write test operations on the hard disk to be tested; use the upgrade module to upgrade the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested, so that the hard disk to be tested is in the pre-upgrade state, the upgrade state and the state in sequence Post-upgrade state; use the data detection module to detect the read and write data values of the hard disk in the pre-upgrade state, the upgrade state and the post-upgrade state respectively; use the result generation module to generate test result information.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is the step in the hard disk upgrade read-write test method, which further includes the following steps: using a conversion unit in the result generation module to convert each The units of read and write data values are converted to the same units as each other.

Based on the above, the hard disk upgrade read-write test system and method thereof provided by the present invention utilize the selection module, the test module, the upgrade module, the data detection module and the result generation module to test the hard disk to be tested. Read and write test operations, and generate test result information. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses the selection module, the test module and the upgrade module to solve the problems of manpower and time consumption, human errors, and instruction errors. Using the data detection module and the result generation module can solve the problem of artificially extracting and reading data values. In addition, the present invention utilizes the conversion unit to convert the units of the read and write data values to be the same as each other. Therefore, the quality of the read and write data values can be intuitively known from the test result information.

The specific implementation manner of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to schematic diagrams. The advantages and features of the present invention will be more clear from the following description and claims. It should be noted that all the drawings are in very simplified form and use imprecise scales, which are only used to facilitate and clearly assist the purpose of illustrating the embodiments of the present invention.

Please refer to the first figure and the second figure, wherein the first figure shows the block diagram of the hard disk upgrade read-write test system provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and the second figure shows the preferred embodiment of the present invention The flow chart of the hard disk upgrade read/write test method provided. As shown in the figure, a hard disk upgrade read-write test system 1 is used to perform a read-write test operation on a hard disk 2 to be tested, and includes a selection module 11, a test module 12, an upgrade module 13, A data detection module 14 and a result generation module 15 .

In this embodiment, the hard disk upgrade read/write test system 1 further includes an input module 16 , a termination module 17 and an alarm module 18 .

A hard disk upgrade read-write test method is implemented by using the hard disk upgrade read-write test system 1 shown in the first figure, and includes the following steps S101 to S105.

Step S101: Use the selection module to select actual test items.

The selection module 11 is used for operating to select at least one actual test item of the read-write test operation from a plurality of built-in test items. In practice, the actual test items usually include intelligent control (smart ctrl) operation, hard disk read cache (HDD write cache) on and off, non-aligned typical mixed IO tasks, testing IO tasks with specific block sizes and specific depths, etc. project.

In this embodiment, the input module 16 is electrically connected to the selection module 11 for a user to input a test command, and controls the selection module 11 to select the actual test item according to the test command. The input module 16 can be a device or module capable of inputting test commands, such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch interface.

Step S102: Use the test module to perform a read/write test operation on the hard disk to be tested.

The test module 12 is electrically connected to the selection module 11 for performing read and write tests on the hard disk 2 to be tested according to actual test items.

Therefore, compared with the prior art, the present invention only needs the user to select the actual test item to start the reading and writing test operation, which not only does not consume manpower, but also achieves the effect of saving time.

Step S103: Utilize the upgrade module to upgrade the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested, so that the hard disk to be tested is in the pre-upgrade state, the upgrade state and the post-upgrade state in sequence.

The upgrade module 13 is used to upgrade a firmware version of the hard disk 2 to be tested when the read/write test operation is in progress, so that the hard disk 2 to be tested is sequentially in a pre-upgrade state, an upgrade state, and an upgrade state. Post-upgrade status. For example, the firmware version of the hard disk 2 to be tested is ver 1.0, and the upgrade module 13 will upgrade the firmware version from ver 1.0 to ver 2.0. At this time, the hard disk to be tested when the firmware version is ver 1.0 2 is the state before the upgrade, the hard disk 2 to be tested during the firmware version upgrade from ver 1.0 to ver 2.0 is the upgrading state, and the hard disk 2 to be tested after the firmware version is upgraded to ver 2.0 is the post-upgrade state.

In this embodiment, the upgrade module 13 further includes a brand confirmation unit 131 , a type confirmation unit 132 , an instruction storage unit 133 and an upgrade unit 134 . The brand confirmation unit 131 is used for confirming a brand of the hard disk 2 to be tested. The type confirming unit 132 is electrically connected to the brand confirming unit 131 for further confirming a type of the hard disk 2 to be tested after confirming the brand. The instruction storage unit 133 is used to store a plurality of control instructions, wherein each control instruction corresponds to one of the above-mentioned brand and one of the above-mentioned type and model. The upgrading unit 134 is electrically connected to the instruction storage unit 133, and is used for upgrading the firmware version of the hard disk 2 to be tested by using the corresponding control instruction after confirming the brand and its type and model.

Therefore, even if it is different brands and different models, the present invention utilizes the brand confirmation unit 131, the type confirmation unit 132 and the instruction storage unit 133 to widely apply and test different brands and different types and models to be tested. Hard Disk 2.

Step S104 : Use the data detection module to detect the read and write data values of the hard disk in the state before the upgrade, the state during the upgrade, and the state after the upgrade respectively.

The data detection module 14 is electrically connected to the hard disk 2 to be tested, the test module 12 and the upgrade module 13, and is used for performing the read/write test operation in the status before the upgrade, during the upgrade and after the upgrade. The hard disk 2 detects a plurality of read and write data values.

In practice, read and write data values usually include: read times per second (read_iops), read bandwidth (read_bw), minimum read latency (read_lat_min), maximum read latency (read_lat_max), read The average value of time delay (read_lat_avg), IO operations during reading account for 95% of IO operations (read_clat_9500), IO operations during reading account for 99% of IO operations (read_clat_9900), IO operations during reading account for IO operations 99.5% of operations (read_clat_9950), number of writes per second (write_iops), write bandwidth (write_bw), minimum write latency (write_lat_min), maximum write latency (write_lat_max), write latency The average value of latency (write_lat_avg), IO operations during writing account for 95% of IO operations (write_clat_9500), IO operations during writing account for 99% of IO operations (write_clat_9900), IO operations during writing account for 95% of IO operations 99.5% (write_clat_9950) etc.

For example, the number of reads is used to measure the read performance of small blocks of the hard disk, and the read bandwidth is used to measure the performance of large block reads of the hard disk. The larger the value of both, the better the performance; the average value of the delay when reading The smaller the value, the shorter the response time. Other read data values are common knowledge in the technical field, so details are not repeated here. Similarly, write related read and write data values are also the same.

Step S105: Use the result generating module to generate test result information.

The result generation module 15 is electrically connected to the data detection module 14 for generating test result information corresponding to actual test items by reading and writing data values. The number of test result information will correspond to the number of actual test items. When there are three actual test items, three corresponding test result information will be generated.

In this embodiment, the result generating module 15 further includes a receiving unit 151 , an organizing unit 152 , a converting unit 153 and a generating unit 154 .

The receiving unit 151 is used for receiving read and write data values. The sorting unit 152 is used for receiving and sorting the read and write data values, that is, to arrange and classify the read and write data values. The conversion unit 153 is used to convert the unit of each read/write data value into the same unit as each other, and convert the corresponding values, for example, convert all the units into seconds, milliseconds and so on. Finally, the generating unit 154 is used to generate test result information, which can be referred to in Table 1 below. Table 1 simply shows the test result information. read and write data values Status before upgrade Upgrading status Post-upgrade status read_iops 1140 1071 1066 read_bw 194986 181279 180357 read_lat_min 67 66 68 read_lat_max 71555 1796.1K 31579 read_lat_avg 0.0013 0.0014 0.0014 read_clat_9500 2576 2832 2864 read_clat_9900 3920 4320 4384 read_clat_9950 4576 5024 5088 write_iops 2663 2500 2490 write_bw 455456 423391 421252 write_lat_min 15 16 16 write_lat_max 68502 1795.2K 28760 write_lat_avg 0.0009 0.001 0.001 write_clat_9500 2008 2224 2224 write_clat_9900 3504 3920 3984 write_clat_9950 4512 5024 5088 Table I

Therefore, the test result information can intuitively judge the pros and cons of reading and writing data values, and can also avoid human errors caused by manual retrieval.

In this embodiment, the termination module 17 is electrically connected to the test module 12 and the upgrade module 13, and is used to terminate the test module 12 to perform the read-write test operation and terminate the upgrade module when an abnormal state is detected. 13 Upgrade the firmware version to avoid invalid read and write data values. There are many cases of abnormal status, for example: unable to upgrade the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested, unable to perform read and write test operations on the hard disk to be tested, unable to confirm the brand and model of the hard disk to be tested, etc.

The alarm module 18 is electrically connected to the termination module 17, and is used to generate an alarm message when the termination module 17 terminates the test module 12 to perform the read-write test operation and terminates the upgrade module 13 to upgrade the firmware version, so as to inform the user , the read and write test operations and firmware version upgrades have been terminated. The alarm module 18 can generate sound, text, light, vibration and other information to inform the user.

To sum up, the hard disk upgrade read-write test system and method thereof provided by the present invention utilize the selection module, the test module, the upgrade module, the data detection module and the result generation module to test the hard disk to be tested. Read and write test operations, and generate test result information. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses the selection module, the test module and the upgrade module to solve the problems of manpower and time consumption, human errors, and instruction errors. Using the data detection module and the result generation module can solve the problem of artificially extracting and reading data values. In addition, the present invention utilizes the conversion unit to convert the units of the read and write data values to be the same as each other. Therefore, the quality of the read and write data values can be intuitively known from the test result information.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the characteristics and spirit of the present invention can be described more clearly, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the preferred embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various changes and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the patent application for the present invention.

1: Hard disk upgrade read and write test system 11: Select the module 12: Test module 13: Upgrade module 131: Brand confirmation unit 132: type confirmation unit 133: instruction storage unit 134: upgrade unit 14: Data detection module 15: Result generation module 151: Receiving unit 152: finishing unit 153: conversion unit 154: Generation unit 16: Input module 17: Terminate the mod 18:Alarm module 2: The hard disk to be tested S101~S105: steps

The first figure shows the block diagram of the hard disk upgrade read-write test system provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and, The second figure is a flow chart showing the hard disk upgrade read-write test method provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (10)

A hard disk upgrade read-write test system is used to perform a read-write test operation on a hard disk to be tested, including: a selection module, which is used to select at least one actual test item of the reading and writing test operation from a plurality of built-in test items; A test module, electrically connected to the selection module, for performing the read/write test operation on the hard disk to be tested according to the at least one actual test item; An upgrade module is used to upgrade a firmware version of the hard disk to be tested when the read-write test operation is in progress, so that the hard disk to be tested is sequentially in a pre-upgrade state, an upgrade state, and an upgrade state. - Post-upgrade status; A data detection module, which is electrically connected to the hard disk to be tested, the test module and the upgrade module, and is used for the pre-upgrade state, the upgrade state and the upgrade module respectively when the read-write test operation is in progress The post-upgrade status detects a plurality of read and write data values for the hard disk to be tested; and A result generation module is electrically connected to the data detection module, and is used to generate at least one test result information corresponding to at least one actual test item from these read and write data values. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 1 further includes an input module, which is electrically connected to the selection module, and is used for a user to input a test command, and according to the The test command controls the selection module to select the at least one actual test item of the read/write test operation. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 1, wherein the upgrade module further includes: A brand confirmation unit, which is used to confirm a brand of the hard disk to be tested; and A type confirming unit is electrically connected to the brand confirming unit, and is used for confirming a type and model of the hard disk to be tested after confirming the brand. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 3, wherein the upgrade module further includes: A command storage unit is used to store a plurality of control commands, and each control command corresponds to one of the above-mentioned brands and one of the above-mentioned types and models; and An upgrading unit is electrically connected to the instruction storage unit, and is used for upgrading the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested by using the corresponding control instructions after confirming the brand and the type and model. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 1, wherein the result generation module further includes: a receiving unit for receiving the read and write data values; and A generating unit is used for generating the at least one test result information. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 1, wherein the result generation module further includes: a collating unit for receiving and collating the read and write data values; and A conversion unit is used to convert the units of each of the read and write data values into the same units. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim 1 further includes a termination module, the termination module is electrically connected to the test module and the upgrade module, and is used for detecting an abnormal state , terminating the test module to perform the read-write test operation and terminating the upgrade module to upgrade the firmware version. The hard disk upgrade read-write test system as described in claim item 7 further includes an alarm module, which is electrically connected to the termination module, and is used to terminate the test module to perform the read-write test operation when the termination module terminates the test module and When the upgrade module is terminated to upgrade the firmware version, an alarm message is generated. A hard disk upgrade read-write test method is implemented by using the hard disk upgrade read-write test system described in claim 1, and includes the following steps: (a) using the selection module to select the at least one actual test item; (b) using the test module to perform the read/write test operation on the hard disk to be tested; (c) Utilize the upgrade module to upgrade the firmware version of the hard disk to be tested, so that the hard disk to be tested is in the pre-upgrade state, the upgrade state and the post-upgrade state in sequence; (d) using the data detection module to detect the read and write data values of the hard disk under test respectively in the state before the upgrade, the state during the upgrade and the state after the upgrade; (e) generating the at least one test result information by using the result generation module. The hard disk upgrade reading and writing test method as described in claim 9, wherein the step (e) further includes the following steps: (e1) Using a conversion unit in the result generating module to convert the units of each of the read and write data values into the same units as each other.

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