WO2013062162A1 - Dispositif de stockage en réseau et son procédé de commande - Google Patents

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WO2013062162A1
WO2013062162A1 PCT/KR2011/008154 KR2011008154W WO2013062162A1 WO 2013062162 A1 WO2013062162 A1 WO 2013062162A1 KR 2011008154 W KR2011008154 W KR 2011008154W WO 2013062162 A1 WO2013062162 A1 WO 2013062162A1
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  • the present invention relates to a storage device, and more particularly, to a storage device used in a network and a method of controlling the same.
  • NAS network storage device
  • NAS network storage device
  • LAN protocols such as Ethernet or TCP / IP
  • file I / O requests such as UNIX NFS and SMB on DOS / Windows.
  • NAS network storage
  • CPU central processing unit
  • services that require a high-performance CPU such as multimedia codec transcoding or streaming services, request services from the low-performance CPU to the high-performance CPU, process them in the high-performance CPU, and receive the results only.
  • a high-performance CPU such as multimedia codec transcoding or streaming services
  • the present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems, a network storage device (NAS) that combines a high-performance CPU and a low-performance CPU, and controls the power of the two CPUs to efficiently perform a multimedia service and its control
  • NAS network storage device
  • the network storage device of the present invention a low-performance first control unit that requires low power; A high performance second control unit requiring high power; And a power supply unit configured to supply power to the first control unit at all times and to supply or cut off power to the second control unit under the control of the first control unit.
  • the first control unit provides a service (network service) requested through a network.
  • the second control unit at the request of the first control unit, it is preferable to provide a high performance service.
  • the first control unit controls the power supply unit to apply power to the second control unit.
  • the first control unit controls the power supply unit to cut off power to the second control unit.
  • a network storage device including a first control unit, a second control unit and a power supply unit
  • controlling the power supply unit to apply power to the second control unit. Receiving a result of a high performance service from the second controller; And controlling the power supply unit to cut off power applied to the second control unit.
  • the method may further include storing the result of the high performance service.
  • the high performance service is preferably a multimedia codec conversion.
  • the high performance service may be to back up the data of the storage unit connected to the second control unit to the storage unit connected to the first control unit.
  • the high performance service may be to access the data of the storage unit connected to the second control unit.
  • the first control unit always operates and provides a network service
  • the second control unit is supplied with power only when providing a high performance service under the control of the first control unit to perform a corresponding high performance service to a user.
  • NAS network storage device
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a network storage device (NAS) according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an exemplary operation of a network storage device (NAS) according to the present invention.
  • NAS network storage device
  • FIG. 5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of a network storage device (NAS) according to the present invention.
  • NAS network storage device
  • the network storage device (NAS) of the present invention includes a first controller 10, a second controller 20, a power supply unit 30, a first storage unit 40, a second storage unit 50. ) And the switch unit 60.
  • the first controller 10 is preferably a CPU requiring low power and low power.
  • the first controller 10 is connected to the network through the switch 60 and is connected to the second controller 20.
  • the switch unit 60 has two ports, one of which is a network port for communicating with a network, and the other is an Ethernet port for communicating with a second control unit 20.
  • the switch unit 60 switches the signal transmitted by the first control unit 10 and transmits the signal through the network port or the second control unit 20 through the Ethernet port. In addition, the data received through the network port to the first control unit 10, or the data received from the second control unit 20 through the Ethernet port to the first control unit 10.
  • the first storage unit 40 connected to the first control unit 10 is for storing data of a user, preferably a large capacity hard disk drive (HDD).
  • HDD hard disk drive
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and a plurality of storage units may be extended and connected.
  • the first controller 10 may be provided with a port (eg, an external serial advanced technology attachment (e-SATA)) for connection of the storage unit.
  • a port eg, an external serial advanced technology attachment (e-SATA)
  • the power supply unit 30 provides constant power to the first control unit 10. As described above, the first controller 10 consumes low power. For example, the first controller 10 consumes 4 to 5 W of power.
  • SMB Server Message Block
  • FTP File Transfer Protocol
  • the second control unit 20 is preferably a high performance CPU and provides high performance services such as codec conversion of multimedia data.
  • a service provided by the first controller 10 at all times will be referred to as a 'network service', and a service provided by the second controller 20 will be referred to as a 'high performance service'. .
  • the first control unit 10 controls the power supply unit 30 so that the power supply unit 30 supplies power to the second control unit 20.
  • the power supply unit 30 supplies power to the second control unit 20 under the control of the first control unit 10.
  • the second control unit 20 in the off state is turned on when power is supplied from the power supply unit 30. Is switched to.
  • the second control unit 20 activated as described above performs the high performance service requested by the first control unit 10 and transmits the result to the first control unit 10.
  • the first control unit 10 controls the power supply unit 30 so that the power supply unit 30 cuts off power to the second control unit 20 when additional use of the second control unit 20 is not required.
  • the power supply unit 30 cuts off power to the second control unit 20 under the control of the first control unit 10.
  • the second storage unit 50 connected to the second control unit 20 stores an OS (Operating System) for fast ON switching of the second control unit 20, and has a faster SSD than the HDD. Solid State Drive).
  • OS Operating System
  • Solid State Drive Solid State Drive
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, and the second storage unit 50 may be an HDD.
  • the second controller 20 may be connected to an external device (for example, a TV or a monitor) to directly provide a high performance service to the external device.
  • the second controller 20 may provide a predetermined interface (for example, a high definition multimedia interface (High Definition). Multimedia Interface (HDMI)).
  • HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface
  • the power supply unit 30 applies or cuts power to the second control unit 20 under the control of the first control unit 10.
  • the second controller 20 is a CPU that consumes a lot of power, for example, consumes 20 to 30 W, up to 70 to 80 W of power.
  • the network storage device of the present invention includes a low-performance first control unit 10 that consumes low power and a high-performance second control unit 20 that consumes high power, and includes a first control unit 10 and a first unit. 2 includes a power supply unit 30 for providing power to the control unit 20.
  • the first controller 10 always operates and provides a network service, and the second controller 20 is supplied with power only when providing the high performance service under the control of the first controller 10 to perform the corresponding high performance service. Can be provided to the user.
  • the network storage device (NAS) of the present invention can provide a high performance service while consuming low power.
  • NAS network storage device
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a network storage device (NAS) according to the present invention.
  • the first control unit 10 consumes low power, and receives a constant power from the power supply unit 30 to provide a network service (S21).
  • the first control unit 10 When the first control unit 10 receives a request for a high performance service such as multimedia codec conversion from the user (S22), the first control unit 10 controls the power supply unit 30 to supply power to the second control unit 20. To apply (S23).
  • a high performance service such as multimedia codec conversion from the user
  • the second control unit 20 to which power is applied from the power supply unit 30 is booted using the OS program stored in the second storage unit 50 and is turned on (S24).
  • the first controller 10 requests the second controller 20 to perform the high performance service requested by the user (S25), and the second controller 20 performs the corresponding high performance service (S26).
  • the second controller 20 transmits the result of performing the high performance service to the first controller 10 (S27), and the first controller 10 stores the result in the first storage unit 40 so that the user can perform the high performance service. To use the result of (S28).
  • the first controller 10 checks whether the high performance service requested by the user remains (S29), and repeatedly performs S25 to S28 when the high performance service to be performed remains. When there is no high performance service to be performed, the first control unit 10 controls the power supply unit 30 to cut off the power applied to the second control unit 20 (S30).
  • the first controller 10 again provides a network service to the user (S21).
  • the second control unit 20 provides a high performance service under the control of the first control unit 10. Only the power is supplied to perform the corresponding high performance service and provide it to the user.
  • FIG. 3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a network storage device (NAS) according to the present invention, and illustrates a case where a user requests a multimedia codec as a high performance service.
  • Multimedia codec conversion refers to converting a resolution and a codec to allow users to receive a video from a mobile terminal (eg, a smartphone, a tab type computer, etc.).
  • the first control unit 10 receives it (S31).
  • the first control unit 10 transmits a control signal for the power supply unit 30 to apply power to the second control unit 20 to the power supply unit 30 (S32), the power supply unit 30 to the second control unit 20 Apply power (S33).
  • the first control unit 10 transmits a request signal for requesting to perform multimedia codec conversion to the second control unit 20 which is turned on by applying the power of the power supply unit 30 (S34). 20 performs a corresponding multimedia codec conversion at the request of the first controller 10 (S35).
  • the second controller 20 transmits the result of the multimedia codec conversion to the first controller 10 (S36), and the first controller 10 stores the result in the first storage unit 40 (S37).
  • the first control unit 10 transmits a control signal to the power supply unit 30 to cut off the power applied to the second control unit 20 (S38).
  • the power supply unit 30 cuts off the power of the second power supply unit 20 (S39).
  • FIG. 4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a network storage device (NAS) according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a user stores data stored in the second storage unit 50 as a high performance service.
  • NAS network storage device
  • the following example illustrates a case where a back-up request is requested.
  • the second control unit 20 In order to back up the data stored in the second storage unit 50, the second control unit 20 must be in an on state.
  • the backup of such data may be performed periodically even if there is no user request. Therefore, in the description of the embodiment of FIG. 4, even if the user does not request the first control unit 10 periodically, An example of applying power to the control unit 20 to back up data of the second storage unit 50 to the first storage unit 40 will be described.
  • the user may set in advance a backup cycle, a folder of the second storage unit 50 to be backed up, a folder of the first storage unit 40 to store the backup data, and the like.
  • the first control unit 10 transmits a control signal to the power supply unit 30 so that the power supply unit 30 applies the power to the second control unit 20 when the backup cycle (S41).
  • the power supply unit 30 applies power to the second control unit 20 (S43).
  • the first control unit 10 backs up the data stored in the second storage unit 50 to the first storage unit 40 to the second control unit 20 that is turned on by applying the power of the power supply unit 30.
  • the second controller 20 transmits the data stored in the second storage unit 50 to the first controller 10 at the request of the first controller 10. (S45).
  • the first control unit 10 stores this in the first storage unit 40 (S46).
  • the first controller 10 transmits a control signal to the power supply unit 30 to cut off the power applied to the second control unit 20 (S47) and the power supply unit 30. Cuts off the power of the second power supply unit 20 (S48).
  • FIG. 5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an operation of a network storage device (NAS) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a case where a user wants to access the second storage unit 50 through a network.
  • NAS network storage device
  • NAS network storage
  • FTP File Transfer Protocol
  • VPN Virtual Private Network
  • WebDev Web Development
  • the first control unit 10 having a network port may be accessed to access data of the second storage unit 50 connected to the second control unit 20.
  • the power supply unit 30 supplies power to the second control unit 20.
  • the control signal for transmitting the control signal is transmitted to the power supply unit 30 (S52), and the power supply unit 30 applies power to the second control unit 20 (S53).
  • the first control unit 10 requests the second control unit 20 to access predetermined data that the user wants to access to the second control unit 20 that is turned on by applying the power of the power supply unit 30. (S54).
  • the second controller 20 transmits data stored in the second storage 50 to the first controller 10 at the request of the first controller 10 to the first controller 10 (S55).
  • the first control unit 10 stores this in the first storage unit 40 (S56).
  • the first controller 10 transmits a control signal to the power supply unit 30 to cause the power supply unit 30 to cut off the power applied to the second control unit 20 (S57), and the power supply unit 30. ) Cuts off the power of the second power supply unit 20 (S58).
  • the second control unit 20 provides a high performance service under the control of the first control unit 10. Only the power is supplied to perform the corresponding high performance service and provide it to the user.
  • embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by recording a program code that can be read by a computer on a computer-readable recording medium.
  • the structural means of the present invention are code segments for performing necessary tasks.
  • the program or code segments may be stored in a computer readable medium by a computer processor or transmitted as a computer data signal combined with a carrier via a transmission medium or a communication network.
  • the computer-readable recording medium may include any type of recording device that stores data that can be read by a computer system.
  • the computer-readable recording medium may include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.
  • the computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de stockage en réseau et son procédé de commande. Ce dispositif de stockage en réseau comprend : une première unité de commande dont les performances sont faibles et qui ne consomme que peu d'énergie ; une seconde unité de commande dont les performances sont élevées et qui consomme beaucoup d'énergie ; et une unité d'alimentation qui alimente en continu la première unité de commande et qui alimente ou cesse d'alimenter la seconde unité de commande selon la commande provenant de la première unité de commande.
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