WO2018110809A1 - Rack mount case storage system separably coupled to body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a rack mount case storage system separably coupled to a body, wherein, constituting the storage system, a SATA interface based-3.5 inch storage media and a PCIe interface based-3.5 inch storage media are both accommodated in a front case, thereby forming a high-capacity hybrid Bay structure; and a power supply module for supplying power to the storage system of the present invention, as well as a HOST Computer interface card, a storage extension module, a RAID card, and some storage media, which are components for performing various controls of the storage system, are mounted in a rear case.

Description

Separated Body Rack Mount Case Storage System

The present invention relates to a rackmount case storage system that can be separated from the front and rear case.

In general, a rackmount case-based storage system has a main body composed of a single structure, and the storage system includes a series of storage media, a RAID card, a motherboard, a power module, and a cooling fan for cooling. It is.

Therefore, when the capacity of the storage media is full, it is easy to separate the storage media configured in RAID from the main body and to keep the physical locations from being mixed with each other, or to reconstruct each stored media as it was before being separated from the main body. There was a problem that did not.

In addition, in recent years, as the main storage media has shifted from hard disk drives (eg, HDDs, SSD doublers, etc.) to solid state drives (SSDs) based on semiconductor-based unit storage devices such as NAND-Flash, SSDs In case of HDD, SSD doubler, etc., in the state of natural neglected storage state where no electricity is applied, the physical state of the gate that maintains the memory state of the semiconductor reservoir is changed and it can be shortly from several weeks to several months. There is a problem that can not be stored outside, it requires a separate storage case for the long-term preservation of separate storage media for a separate storage medium for this purpose.

In this case, the separately empty long-term preservation case does not require components such as a motherboard and a RAID card, but is accompanied with the provision of a power module for power supply.

In addition, in the unitary body structure, expensive core controllers consisting of the main components of the storage system, such as a motherboard, a RAID card, and a power module, form a main body together with a series of storage media to control the long-term preservation of the main body as it is. There was a problem that the components could not be utilized.

The present invention is a 3.5-inch storage media (eg, HDD, SSD doubler, etc.) of the SATA interface and SSD-based 3.5-inch storage media (eg, SSD tripler, M) of the PCIe interface in a large capacity rackmount case-based hybrid storage system .2 Multi-plug, etc.) can be selectively accommodated by the user to form a 64-bay hybrid bay structure, and a separate part containing a series of storage media and a control part including a power module may be used if necessary. The object of the present invention is to provide a detachable rack-mount case storage system.

The detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system of the present invention includes a BAY-ROW board having a multi-stage structure having a first connection portion and a second connection portion for accommodating a first storage medium and for connecting to an adjacent board. A front part case coupled to at least one or more components; At least one or more power modules; A power module connection part for connecting to the power module and a third connection part for connecting power and interface signals to the front case, wherein the third connection part is an adjacent second connection part provided in the front case; A power multiplexing board coupled to and supplied with power supplied from the power module to supply power to the front case; A rear case having the power module and the power multiplexing board; It is fixed to both sides of the front case and the rear case, and consists of a slide rail unit for coupling the front case and the rear case, the front case or the rear case is separated or combined as necessary.

The rear case including the power multiplexing board may further include a fourth connection part protruding in a direction opposite to the third connection part to transmit power and interface signals.

In addition, a fourth base coupled to the power supply multiplexing board provided with a PCI Express slot for an external interface and a PCI Express slot for an internal interface further comprises a BASE board to form a control unit, the PCI Express slot Correspondingly, the PCI Express slot is formed outside the rear case.

In addition, at least one rear 2BAY module for mounting the second storage media is mounted on the rear case, and the rear 2BAY module is connected to the power supply and the interface control signal through the BASE board through a vertical connection board further provided. will be.

In addition, the first storage medium and the second storage media are accommodated at the same time only by the front case by mounting a second storage medium provided on the top of the rear case to the second storage media corresponding BAY provided on the bottom of the front case To do that.

In addition, the storage expansion module is additionally provided by being connected to a PCI Express slot connector provided for the expansion module provided on the BASE board.

Also, at least one PCI Express slot connected to at least one PCI Express slot connector constituting the PCI Express slot provided on the BASE board by electrical circuit wiring, and disposed at 90 degrees inside the BASE board. An additional connector is provided so that the RAID card can be mounted.

In addition, the cooling fan is provided in the front portion of the bracket of the RAID card so that the wind direction in the direction parallel to the RAID card.

In addition, the power multiplexing board further includes a power expansion board between the power module and the power module connection part corresponding to the length of the power module to connect the power module and the power module connection part.

In addition, the front side case is provided with a main body handle hole that provides convenience when installing the front side case at the center of the upper side of the front case, the body handle hole is covered when the product is installed by a screening means such as a slide rail.

The rear case may include only the power module on the power multiplexing board when the first storage medium of the front case is for long term storage according to the purpose of utilizing the first storage medium mounted on the front case. Composed of the rear casing, coupled to the front casing, and long-term storage, if intermittent data access is required, in addition to the power module BASE board and the low-performance interface card and low-performance RAID mounted on the fourth connection portion It is composed of a rear case having a card and coupled to the front case, and in the usual case, the rear case including a base board, a high performance interface card mounted thereon, and a high performance RAID card in addition to the power module. It is configured to be coupled to the front case.

In addition, the front case is mounted with a series of storage media and coupled to at least one or more configurations; A rear part case mounted with a power module and coupled to the front case; In order to accommodate and accommodate a storage system formed by coupling the front case and the rear case, the unit racks are expanded to form a unit.

The present invention is a 3.5-inch storage media (eg, HDD, SSD doubler, etc.) of the SATA interface and SSD-based 3.5-inch storage media (eg, SSD tripler, M) of the PCIe interface in a large capacity rackmount case-based hybrid storage system .2 multiplexers, etc.) to allow the user to selectively accommodate at least one or more cascades of front-side casings of 64-bay hybrid bays, It is an object of the present invention to provide a detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system that allows a control part including a power module to be separated or combined with each other.

In addition, the present invention is to accommodate a 3.5-inch storage media (eg, HDD, SSD doubler, etc.) of the SATA interface and SSD-based storage media (eg, SSD tripler, M.2 multiplexer, etc.) of the PCIe interface in common It is possible to form a 64-bay hybrid bay structure and separate storage media as needed, and to provide a power extension board for accommodating the changed length of the power module in case of a change in the power module in the future. Improving the problem that the space inside the case is not utilized when only the expansion system is implemented in the rear of the rack mount case, and the expansion system of the development goal is implemented in the rear of the rack mount case storage system. Yet with a separate PCIe x16 interface card facing outwards, one or more to drive internal storage media RAID card can be installed in the space inside the rear part, and each RAID card can be connected from PCIe x16 interface card to 4 PCIe x4 so that the space inside the case of the existing storage system is not utilized. It can be expected to improve.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a perspective view from the front side of the detachable rack-mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the body detachable combined rack mount case storage system from the rear side as an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an internal structure of the rear case in an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an embodiment of the present invention separated structure of the front case and the rear case.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the rear case in an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic components mounted in a detachable rack-mount case storage system in an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a state in which a storage expansion system is configured in a server when applying a separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system consisting of a front case and a rear case forming a detachable structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a side schematic view showing a coupling relationship between the front case and the rear case forming the detachable rack-mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a view showing a coupling configuration of the front case and the rear case of the multi-stage configuration in an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the inventive concept are not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments may make the disclosure of the present invention complete and the technology to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform those skilled in the art the scope of the invention, and is only defined by the scope of the claims in the embodiments of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase.

As used herein, the terms "comprise" or "having" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the embodiments described herein will be described with reference to cross-sectional views and / or plan views, which are ideal exemplary views of the present invention. In the drawings, the thicknesses of films and regions are exaggerated for effective explanation of technical content. Accordingly, shapes of the exemplary views may be modified by manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific forms shown, but also include changes in form or required form according to the manufacturing process. For example, the region shown at right angles may be rounded or have a predetermined curvature. Accordingly, the regions illustrated in the figures have schematic attributes, and the shape of the regions illustrated in the figures is intended to illustrate a particular form of region of the device and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification. Accordingly, the same or similar reference numerals may be described with reference to other drawings, even if not mentioned or described in the corresponding drawings. Also, although reference numerals are not indicated, they may be described with reference to other drawings.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a body detachable coupled rack mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a body detachable coupled rack mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention, viewed from the rear side. 3 is a diagram illustrating the internal structure of the rear case in an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an embodiment of the present invention is a separation structure of the front case and the rear case, Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the rear case in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is an embodiment of the present invention the body detachable combined rack A schematic block diagram of electronic components mounted in a mount case storage system is shown.

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a state in which a storage expansion system is configured in a server when applying a separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system including a front case and a rear case forming a detachable structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As an embodiment of the present invention shows a side schematic view showing a coupling relationship between the front case and the rear case forming the body detachable coupled rack mount case storage system.

9 is a view showing a coupling configuration of the front case casing composed of multiple stages in an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 9, the detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a front case 100 and a rear case 200 that can be coupled or separated. .

The front case 100 is a first storage in which a module (hereinafter, Bay-row board 127) configured to have 15 bays by arranging 3.5-inch standard storage media at regular intervals to form a 4-stage structure. The media 113 is provided, and the bay-row board 127 has a first connector 109 of a connector type including a power line and an interface signal line so as to be electrically connected to another neighboring bay-row board. A second connection portion 125 in the form of an edge-finger portion corresponding thereto is provided at an opposite position.

The rear case 200 is a form in which a 2-bay module for 3.5-inch storage media is disposed on the upper left / right side of the rear portion, and the second storage media 207 and the power module 209 are accommodated, and the power module ( 209 through the second connection portion 125 provided on the front case case 100 connected to the third connecting portion 21 provided on the power triplet board 201 receives power from the front case ( A connection is formed between the second connecting portion 125 and the first connecting portion 109 so that power is supplied to the 100 side.

At this time, both sides of the front case 100 and the rear case 200 is formed of three stages of the slide rail unit 30 is coupled to the rail groove of the rack structure (Rack), as well as the rail unit ( The front end case 100 and the rear case 200 are separated or simultaneously mounted to the rack structure by the rail unit 30 at both ends of the rail unit 30, respectively, as fastening means to the rack support 300. It is to form a fixed support 40 of the slide rail form for fastening and fixing.

In addition, a plurality of front handles 12 and a plurality of fan grills 13 corresponding to the plurality of front cooling fans 107 provided therein are formed on one surface of the front case 100. One side of the rear case 200 is formed with a boundary portion 22 forming a lattice structure, and the plurality of rear portion cooling fans 205 are fixedly coupled to the boundary portion 22.

On the other hand, the edge finger of each unit power module constituting the power module 209 to the power module connection connector 202 on the power triplet board 201 provided at the boundary 22 of the rear case 200 (Edge Finger, not shown) is directly inserted and connected, which removes the ATX power cable harness required for power connection, which leads to a simpler internal wiring and improves the flow of Air-Flow.

At this time, the power module 209 may be provided with a separate power expansion board 203 in the middle and may be connected to the power triple board 201 through this.

In addition, the base board 211 is connected through a fourth connection unit 213 for power and signal connection provided at the bottom of the power triple board 201.

The power triple board 201 supports hot-swap installation and removal against each of the unit power modules 209-1, 209-2, and 209-3, but the power triple board 201 The power module exposed portion protruding to the outside is connected to the front LCD (104) by connecting a status display LED (not shown) that displays an error message when a power failure occurs.

Meanwhile, the base board 211 further includes a vertical connection board 27 connected to the second storage medium 207, and the second storage medium 207 is connected to the base through the vertical connection board 27. The Fault LED signal for the 16th storage media output from each Bay-row board 127-1, 127-2, 127-3, and 127-4 is supplied while receiving power from the board 22 for operation. The backpalne board 208 provided in the second storage medium 207 via the base board 211 of the power triplet board 201 of the first connector 109, the second connector 125, and the third connector 21. ) Is configured to be connected to the LED (not shown) on.

The PCIe slot 23 is an expansion card interface slot connected to a PCIe interface card, a RAID card, and a storage expansion module of the PCIe slot of the PCIe slot.

As such, the body-separated combined rack mount case storage system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a standard rack used in a data center, and is generally mounted on a widely used standard rack. With reference to Figures 1 to 6 will be described in more detail as follows.

First of all, considering the stability and reliability of the system, the cooling fans 107 and 205 are mounted on the front and rear to operate in a push-pull manner, and unlike the existing storage system, low heat generation characteristics due to not mounting a motherboard By utilizing this, the rotation speed of the cooling fans 107 and 205 is adjusted based on the measured temperature information data to implement a low noise storage system.

However, the heating components such as the RAID card 217 should be designed to be reinforced with Air-Flow, and the first storage medium 113 and the second storage medium 207 are positioned as mainstream storage media. In addition, the company intends to implement a hybrid storage system that can use a combination of HDD and 3.5-inch SSD-based storage media (SSD doubler, SSD tripler, M.2 multiplexer, etc.).

In addition, it is a high-performance interface for high capacity, enabling PCIe x4, x8, and x16 Gen.3 performance based on optical interfaces, and combining storage expansion modules with a single storage system.

Here, the PCIe x16 interface is used for the storage system interface directly connected to the host computer (600A, 600B), the PCIe x4 interface is used for expansion through the storage expansion module 24, the PCIe x8 interface is used for storage expansion It is used for an expansion interface requiring high performance while having a relatively small number of storage systems expanded through the module 24.

On the other hand, when applying the separate body-mounting rack-mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention, by removing the motherboard for the server and the various components mounted therein to remove the fundamental heat source and at the same time the maximum power consumption component It is possible to extend the physical space secured through the reduction in capacity and light weight of the power module due to the removal of the motherboard for the server to the space for mounting the first storage medium 113 and the second storage medium 207, and cooling the front part. The fan 107 and the rear cooling fan 205 operate the large fan at a relatively low rotation speed, so that the noise is reduced while the replacement life cycle of the cooling fans 107 and 205 can be significantly increased.

In addition, unlike the existing storage system, by directly designing and applying the power triple board 201 to the architecture (1) and the space layout structure of the changed storage system, the internal wiring is simplified by eliminating the ATX power cable harness. To improve the flow of the -flow to help, and as the Enterprise Storage System, the power supply unit 209 has a structure that accommodates three unit power modules so that higher stability is required, each power module (209-1, 209-2) The PSU expansion board 203 for connecting the PSU Edge-Finger part of the power output terminal provided at the power output terminal 209-3 to the power triplet board 201 may be provided for each power module. 201 supports hot-swap installation and removal for each unit power module. Each power module exposed part protruding from the outside is provided with a status LED and power is supplied to the front panel LCD. You can display an error message occurs.

On the other hand, the rear case 200 has two 3.5-inch Bay configuration modules corresponding to each Bay-row board (127-1, 127-2, 127-3, 127-4) for the configuration of 16-bay ( 207 is provided, and the connection between the backplane board 208 and the base board 211 of the 3.5-inch two-stage Bay module 207 in the base board 211 through the vertical connection board 27, the vertical Power required for operation is supplied from the base board 211 through the connection board 27, and 16th output from each bay-row board 127-1, 127-2, 127-3, and 127-4. The fault LED signal for the storage media may be connected to the LED on the backpalne board 208 provided in the 3.5-inch two-stage Bay module 207 via the power triplet board 201 and the base board 211.

Meanwhile, the LED light guide plate 227 may be mounted in a separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which is a unit into which all 3.5-inch storage media including the bay-row board 127 is inserted. The bay is provided with two LED light guide plates 227 coupled with the outer hard guide 229, one for Activity LED display and the other for protruding outward for Fault LED display. Will be able to replace the storage media at the exact location where it occurred.

A circuit connection state of electronic components mounted in a detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, referring to the circuit part for each functional element in the order from the front case 100 to the rear case 200, the LCD board used in the 64-Bay storage system is the present invention through the LCD 104 exposed to the outside Displays various status information (e.g. temperature, error of front / rear cooling fan, error of power module, error location of bay of storage media, etc.) inside the storage system.

Signals input / output to the LCD board are Bay-Row boards (127-4, 127-3, 172-2, and 127-1) to LCD signals of the third connection part of the base board (211) and the power triple board (201). It passes the signal transmission flow leading to the expansion board 101, the LCD board 103, and delivers important information of each board.

The front switch 105 is a power_on signal is transmitted to the power triplex board 201 through the signal transmission flow by pressing the Tact switch (not shown) provided on the left side of the power switch board, the inner protrusion of the injection structure The control unit (not shown) of the power triplexing board 201 determines this signal and performs ON / OFF operations on the respective power modules 209-1, 209-2, and 209-3.

The LCD signal expansion board 101 provided inside the front case 100 is provided with a circuit for driving three cooling fans 107-1, 107-2, and 107-3, and is cooled in each fan connector. Connect the fan's counterpart connector, the right end is provided with a connector for connection with the power switch 105, which is configured to be connected by a separate cable, according to the LCD signal expansion board in the storage (1) of the present invention Only three types of cables are used to connect the LCD board 103, the cooling fan 107, and the power switch 105, respectively.

Bay-row board (Main Backplane board) (127)

In the storage system 1 of the present invention, most storage media are mounted to form an electrical circuit connection. The unit bay-row board 127 forms a 15-bay, and the top and bottom ends are respectively It is composed of a first connector 109 composed of a Straddle type PCIe x16 card-edge connector and a second connector 125 composed of a PCIe x16 edge-finger component to connect various power and control signals to adjacent boards.

[Unit Bay Components]

SFF-8639 connector with 3.5-inch storage media, PCIe / SATA DEMUX IC for hybrid storage configurations (not shown) and SATA 7pin connector (not shown), forming 15 horizontal arrays, SATA 7pin connector The RAID card 127 provided in the base board 211 and the SFF-8643 cable (not shown) are connected to each other.

[+ 12V generator]

+ 12V from + 12V-A, + 12V-B, + 12V-C source power from each power module connected between Straddle type PCIe x16 Card-edge connector and PCIe x16 Edge-finger It generates two + 12V output voltages: 1) and + 12V (2).

The + 12V (1) and + 12V (2) have a time difference of about 500 ms (mili-second) generated by the time difference control of the control unit 119 composed of built-in 8Bit MCUs. In the case of a 3.5-inch hard disk drive, the rapid startup current is distributed over time, so that the entire hard disk drive can be driven by a single small PSU.

As described above, each Bay-Row board (127-1, 127-2, 127-3, 127-4) is a board ID selector consisting of a DIP switch (not shown) for receiving different IDs internally 115, and according to different DIP switch setting state, all Bay-Row boards are sequentially started with a time difference of 500 ms intervals internally as well as externally.

At this time, the + 5V voltage is also generated by the + 5V (1) and + 5V (2) power sources with the + 12V (1) voltage and the + 12V (2) voltage as source voltages, respectively. It is connected to + 5V terminal of SFF-8639 connector, and + 5V (2) power is connected to + 5V terminal of seven SSF-8639 connectors on the left side, and SIDE-BAND composed of CPLD (COMPLEX PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE) The signal processing unit 123 independently receives SGPIO signals output from the side-band cable (not shown) of the RAID card 217 into four groups and performs decoding processing simultaneously to simultaneously store storage media connected to each unit bay component. Activity LED signal and Fault LED signal are derived for each field, and the derived Activity LED signal and Fault LED signal are connected to LEDs arranged at regular intervals at the bottom of the bay-row board.

[PCIe Clock Signal Generator]

Each SFF-8639 connector 112 to which the storage media inserted through the unit bay is connected must input a PCIe reference clock signal to perform normal operation when the PCIe interface storage media is connected. A reference clock generator IC is used.

[Power Triple Board 201]

Connectors 202-1, 202-2, and 202-3 connected to three external power modules 209, respectively, are respectively provided on the upper, middle, and lower sides of the left side, and are input from each power module 209. Supply to base board using + 12V source power or source power of + 5V and + 3.3V power generator, and generate + 5VSB (Standby) and + 3.3VSB power at left end to base board 211, Bay It is supplied to the -row board 127 and the LCD signal expansion board 101 through the third connection portion 21 at the lower center.

[ATX power connector]

The + 12V, + 5V, + 3.3V, and + 5VSB power generated inside the power triplet board 201 are connected to the corresponding pins of the ATX power connector (not shown) provided at the right end, thereby replacing the base board 211. It is used for power supply to the motherboard side when ATX motherboard (not shown) is installed in the base board. Also, the base board is supplied with + 12V, + 5V, + 3.3V and + 3.3VSB power to the base board 211 side. In 211, it is not necessary to implement a circuit for generating a separate power.

[Power Expansion Board (203)]

It is used to extend the output power and control signals of the edge-finger (edge finger) portion (not shown) of the power module 209 between the power module 209 and the power triplet board 201. It secures a space between the module 209 and the power triple board 201, and adjusts the length of the power expansion board only when the power module being used is changed to another company's product or the length of the power module is changed when the capacity is increased. This prevents the rackmount case from being readjusted.

Fixing hole (not shown) in the lower part is fixed by using side-wall bolts constituting the separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system, so that the power expansion board is drawn to the power module when the power module 209 is attached and detached to triple the power supply. The phenomenon of separation from the board 201 was solved.

[Base board (211)]

It has a series of PCIe slot connectors to which the PCIe interface card 23 and the RAID card 217 are connected to the host computer 600, and receive various operating powers from the power triple board 201, and the storage expansion interface. The space between the slot (not shown) for the card 223 and the connector 225 for the storage expansion module 24 includes a vertical 4 Bay expansion module 24 that supports eight nodes based on PCIe x4 and a storage expansion interface. A wire connected in a straight line is formed between the slot 225 for the card 223 and the connector 225 for the storage expansion module 24.

[PCIe Clock Generator]

Fourth connection part for connecting the four clock signals branched by using the reference clock input from the host computer 600 through the PCIe slot on the upper left side with the power triplet board 201 and the base board 211, respectively. 213), the left and right vertical connection boards 27 and the PCIe reference for the RAID card is to supply.

The MCU (not shown) receives the following status information output from four side-band slots for four PCIe x8 interfaces, and is formed as any PCIe interface among PCIe x16, x8, or x4 as connection status information with the host computer 600. Status information on whether the connection has been established or not formed at all, and connection status information with the RAID card provided in the adjacent slot as the connection status information with the storage system (RAID Card) is connected as PCIe x16, x8, or x4. It is designed to receive status information on whether a connection is established or not at all. Also, a temperature detection sensor provided on each PCIe interface card 23 as preset temperature limit arrival information of a temperature detection sensor (not shown). It receives the preset temperature limit arrival information output from (not shown).

The MCU (not shown) includes four IF_CARD_ID # [3: 0] signals and three BAY_ROW_BD_ID # [2: 0 signals output from a control unit (not shown) provided on the LCD board 103 inside the front panel. The various state information collected by sensing the signal output state is output to the controller (not shown) on the LCD board 103.

[Vertical connecting board (27)]

The vertical connection board 27 is a power source used in the 3.5-inch 2-bay modules 207-1 and 207-2 provided at the upper left / right side of the rear part, and the + 12V, + 5V, + 3.3V, and + 3.3VSB power supplies are used as base boards. + 12V, + 5V, and + 3.3VSB supplies are connected to the SFF-8639 connector (not shown) and supplied to the storage expansion interface card 223, and the + 3.3V supplies are 3.5-inch 2 Bay modules It is used for the internal logic element driving voltage of (207).

16-bay Fault-LED signal generated by the side-band signal processing operation by the side-band signal processor 123 in the bay-row board 127 and the reference for the PCIe interface generated by the base board 211 The clock signal is transmitted to the backplane board 208 of the 3.5-inch 2 bay module 207 through the edge-finger portion at the bottom, and stored in the outside of the module by the LED and the LED light guide plate 227 provided on the backplane board 208. This is to check whether there is an error on the media.

In the separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the vertical connection board 27 applied to the basic product of the 64 bay storage system 1 is designed to have two different shapes, and the storage expansion of the rear part is performed. For connecting between the backplane board 208 and the base board 211 of the 3.5-inch 2 bay module 207 located at the top of the module, for the side band signal of the PCIe x16 slot (not shown) for the storage expansion module 24 interface. Edge-finger to be inserted at the back of the key of the PCIe x4 slot connector to be used, while the backplane board 208 and the base board 211 of the 3.5-inch 2Bay module 207 is provided on the top of the power module It is used to connect the PCIe x1 slot connector on the base board.

[3.5-inch 2Bay Backplane Board (208)]

The 3.5-inch 2Bay backplane board 208 is a common backplane board 208 of the 3.5-inch 2Bay module 207 provided at the upper left / right side of the 64Bay storage (1) rear part. The backplane board 208 is provided on the left / right side. In order to use the common connector for the vertical connection board 28 is provided.

In particular, the SSD storage media of the PCIe interface (SSD tripler, M.2 multi-plug) is combined or a 3.5-stage hard disk drive for coupling the SFF-8639 connector (not shown) in the center of two vertical stages, The reference clock distribution circuit for the PCIe interface is provided so that the clock signal outputted therefrom is input to the SFF-8639 connector (not shown).

[4Bay Backplane Board for Storage Expansion Module (221)]

The 4-bay backplane board 221 for the storage expansion module 24 has four 3.5-inch bays for 3.5-inch hard disk drives, storage media operating on a PCIe interface (SSD tripler, M.2 multipler) or PCIe x4 A storage expansion card 223 operating as a Gen.3 32Gbps interface can be provided, and the four-unit SFF-8639 connector (not shown) in the unit bay configuration includes a PCIe x16 Edge-Finger unit and a PCIe x4, respectively. Connected to the interface, the upper part is equipped with a clock distribution circuit for supplying the PCIe Reference Clock to each SFF-8639 connector.

Meanwhile, the detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention adopts a storage expansion module concept to configure four bays of 3.5 inches even in a basic model, and uses PCIe x4 (Gen.3 32Gbps) based on a single node. While supporting 16 nodes, it has the technical features to utilize 64Bay storage space as it is.

At this time, the unit module 24 for storage expansion is composed of 3.5-inch 4Bay, each bay is exposed to the outside of two nodes of PCIe x4 (Gen.3, 32Gbps), by mounting two expansion modules A total of 16 node expansion ports will be supported.

[Storage Expansion Card (223)]

Four storage expansion cards 223 are installed per unit storage expansion module 24. The storage expansion cards 223 include SFF-8639 Plug and two PCIe x4 optical cable connectors corresponding to the backplane board, and SFF-8639 Plug and two optical cables. At the center between the connectors is a PCI Express switch to form a second PCIe HUB that branches the PCIe x4 (Gen. 3, 32 Hune) interface signal to the SFF-8639 into two PCIe x4 signals.

The two PCIe x4 optical cable connectors may operate as independent PCIe x4 depending on the circuit configuration, and the connectors may be logically operated as one PCIe x8 although physically separated.

Therefore, when a storage system requiring expansion requires faster data transmission, it is possible to operate by connecting to PCIe x8 using two PCIe optical cables of the same length.

[Backplane board for storage expansion module (225)]

Each storage expansion module 24 is combined with a PCIe x16 (Gen.3, 128 Gbps) interface card (not shown) that is optically connected to the host computer 600, and the PCIe x16 interface card is a storage expansion module 24. PCIe x16 slot 225 at the bottom of the backplane board 221 is connected to the linear wiring structure, each wiring is divided into four groups of PCIe x4 signal from the PCIe x16 interface card backplane board (221) It forms a structure connected to each of the SFF-8639 connector (not shown) provided on the).

Here, the provision 217 of the RAID card for driving the 64Bay storage media provided in the Rack Mount Case was provided by providing a separate space inside.

[Inner RAID Card (217) Mounting Structure]

RAID cards 217 for driving storage media on the four bay-row boards 127 are arranged in series in the horizontal direction at the backplane 221 rear side of the storage expansion module, and are provided in the RAID card 217. Given that the SFF-8643 Cable port is at the top or back of the RAID card, an 80mm cooling fan 219 for cooling the RAID card is placed in front of the PCIe bracket of the RAID Card 217, and a hex mount Stand-off) to fix.

[Base board (211)]

The base board 211 is for the storage expansion system 24, and has two protrusions at the bottom and four PCIe x8 slots 215 for the RAID card 217.

Each RAID card 217 is connected to PCIe interface signals branched into four groups of PCIe x4 from the slot for the PCIe x16 interface card connected to the host computer 600 provided on the upper right.

A combination of two PCIe x16 slot connectors for the storage expansion module 24 is disposed at the upper left and the center of the upper portion corresponding to the first storage expansion module 24-1 and the second storage expansion module 24-2, respectively. (Not shown) receives side-band signals of three PCIe x16 interface cards disposed at the upper end, and provides PCI Express interface connection information and temperature for the host computer 600 side and the storage system side (RAID Card) for each interface card. Various status information such as information is monitored and related information is transmitted to the LCD board 103 located at the rear panel.

Therefore, when applying the detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, four primary storage units (P1, P2, P3, and P4) and 56 secondary storage (S1-1, S1-n) (S4-1, S4-n) can be expanded.

[server]

Dual-host Fail Over function is the server 600-2 operating in the standby state when the storage system is not accessed due to the failure of the master server while the storage system is operated by the server 600-1 serving as the master. This is to immediately access the storage system by taking over the role of the master server immediately after the failure of the master server without additional system booting.

Assuming that one server 600 has four PCIe x16 (Gen.3, 128 Gbps) slots available for use, two storage expansion modules (24-1, 24-2) are provided in one PCIe x16 slot. PCIe x16 slots of the two PCIe x16 interface slots corresponding to the two expansion modules (24-1, 24-2) of the expansion storage system, respectively. Install x16 (Gen.3, 128Gbps) optical interface cards on the server side and storage systems, respectively, and connect them using two PCIe x8 optical cables.

Primary Storage (P1P4)

As an example of the application of the storage system expansion of the present invention connecting four 64 Bay storage systems (P1P4) connected to two servers (600-1,600-2), each storage system has two storage expansion modules (24-1, 24) -2) of any PCIe x4 expansion node and second storage expansion module 24-2 in the first storage expansion module 24-1 of the primary storage system P1P4 directly connected to the server 600. The lower PCIe x8 connector (or the connector on the PCIe x8 interface card) on the PCIe x16 interface card is connected with the PCIe x4 optical cable. For reference, the PCIe x8 optical cable and the PCIe x4 optical cable have the same physical plug portion at the end of the cable. It is a dimension.

As described above, the detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to be separated or combined into the front case 100 and the rear case 200, and electronic components thereof are applied thereto. When mounted, the rear part, which is equipped with most of the core control parts of the storage system, is continuously maintained in a manner of being combined with the new front part, and the front part equipped with the storage media is equipped with only the power module 209. ) Can be used for long-term data storage by having a separate storage rack.

At this time, the second storage media (207-1, 207-2) mounted in the two rear 3.5-inch bay located in the rear portion of the four case is provided on the bottom of the unit Bay-Row board 127 of the front case 100 Moved to a 3.5-inch replacement bay (not shown), the front case 100 constitutes a bay that is equipped with 64 3.5-inch storage media as a whole, and through this, only the power module 209 is mounted for long-term storage of storage media. The rear case 200 does not have to have a separate bay for the second storage media 207, thereby having a concise configuration.

In order to improve the performance of the storage system, SSD-based storage media have to be gradually used. However, NAND Flash memory, which is currently used as a unit storage device, has a characteristic of several weeks or months without power being applied. The gate that maintains the data storage state gradually deteriorates, and ultimately, the data is lost.

Accordingly, if only the front case constituting the detachable structure from the rear case of the present invention is mounted and stored in a separate rack for long-term storage, power is supplied to the storage medium and the idle state can be easily used for long-term storage.

That is, in the case of the storage system of the conventional front side drawer type storage media mounting structure, the storage data was recorded and attached to the paper label by hand, and then stored. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, the LCD board is already mounted inside the front case. If you have additional USB port and Flash memory by hardware and update only MCU code, you can replace the paper-based label through the front LCD of 64Bay storage system mounted in the long-term storage rack to replace what records are kept. It will have a technical feature that can be easily identified.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 8 attached to the coupling method of the front case 100 and the rear case 200 constituting the detachable rack-mount case storage system as an embodiment of the present invention, 64Bay storage system (1) The two slide rails 30 are provided on one side of the side wall to distribute the weight generated when the unit storage medium consists of a 3.5 inch hard disk drive only.

However, the edge constituting the second connection portion 125 of the bay-row board 127-4 of the front portion of the 64 bay body in a state in which the fixing bolt is half-tightened in the slide rail fixing grooves 31 and 33 with the lock-shaped body. The Finger protrudes in a semi-fixed state onto the Slide Rail 30 in a state where the Finger is coupled to the PCIe x16 connector constituting the third connector 21 provided on the power triplet board 201 of the main body rear part 200. The two bodies are assembled into one completed 64 bay storage by completely tightening the upper and lower four bolts of the front case 100 and the four upper and lower bolts of the rear part 200 to the slide rail fixing grooves 31 and 33. It was possible to restore the system (1).

Accordingly, the usability of the rear case 200 by the detachable structure of the body detachable rack mount case storage system 1 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The rear case 200 is for long-term preservation and consists of HDD only, depending on the type and usage of the storage media 113 mounted on the front case 100, and the rear case without a separate internal component is the front case 100 ) Is assembled for the long-term preservation and only the SSD, or in the case of a configuration including the SSD, the rear case with only the power module is assembled to the front case 100, for long-term storage, but requires intermittent data access In the case, the rear case 200 having the low performance interface card 23 together with the power module 209 is assembled to the front case 100, and when used as a high performance storage system, the high performance interface card It is assembled to the front case 100 in the form of a rear case 200 having a 23 and a high-performance RAID card 217, the rear mounted storage MIDI if necessary It can be configured by mounting a bay 207, or storage expansion module 24.

In the above description, the front-side case 100 and the rear-side case 200 of the body-separated coupled rack mount case storage system of the present invention are configured as one each, but the front case 100 as shown in FIG. ) To be composed of only a series of Bay-Row board 127, but as shown in Figure 9 attached to the front case 100 in a multi-stage configuration in one rear case 100 to the first front case 100 -1) + 2nd front part case (100-2) + ... + n-th front part case (100-n) and the boundary end 22 of the n-th front part case (100-n) which is the last stage -n) finally combines the front panel portion 10 consisting of the LCD signal expansion board 101, the LCD board 103, the power switch 105 and the front cooling fan 107 coupled to the rear of the front panel. To form a separate body-mounting rack mount case storage system of the present invention It may be so.

As such, when the front case of the detachable body-mounting rack mount case storage system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is combined with at least three or more, in order to be mounted on a standard rack used for a data center Rack system (not shown) is also used to change the depth of the rack to match the length of the front casing consisting of a multi-stage, or the configuration of the standard rack according to an embodiment of the present invention body detachable combined rack mount case storage system (1 In the same manner as in the multi-stage configuration of the front case 100, it is possible to install on a rack of two or more standard racks (not shown) coupled to each other.

However, in order to easily install or perform maintenance of the storage system of the present invention installed in the combined rack (not shown), the trapezoidal shape is fixed to the bottom of the n-th front case 100-n of the present invention by folding. It is preferable that a support (not shown) or a separate type of support is provided, and the rack system (not shown) is equipped with a body detachable combined rack mount case storage system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the folding support (not shown) or a separate type of support (not shown) is preferably a structure in which the length or height is adjusted according to the height of the combined rack (not shown).

Although the technical idea of the detachable body-mounting rack-mounted case storage system 1 constituting the detachable structure of the present invention has been described with the accompanying drawings, this is illustrative of the best embodiment of the present invention. It is not limited.

Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes are within the scope of the claims.

The present invention is a 3.5-inch storage media (eg, HDD, SSD doubler, etc.) of the SATA interface and SSD-based 3.5-inch storage media (eg, SSD tripler, M) of the PCIe interface in a large capacity rackmount case-based hybrid storage system .2 multiplexers, etc.) to allow the user to selectively accommodate at least one or more cascades of front-side casings of 64-bay hybrid bays, Provides detachable rack-mount case storage system that separates or combines control parts including power modules, and uses 3.5-inch storage media (eg HDD, SSD doubler, etc.) of SATA interface and SSD-based of PCIe interface. Storage media (e.g. SSD tripler, M.2 multiplexer, etc.) can be shared to form a 64-bay hybrid bay structure. On the other hand, the storage media can be used separately as needed.

Claims (13)

1. A front case housing accommodating a first storage medium and having a BAY-ROW board having a multi-stage structure having a first connection portion and a second connection portion for connection with an adjacent board;

   At least one or more power modules;

   A power module connection part for connecting to the power module and a third connection part for connecting power and interface signals to the front case, wherein the third connection part is an adjacent second connection part provided in the front case; A power multiplexing board coupled to and supplied with power supplied from the power module to supply power to the front case;

   A rear case having the power module and the power multiplexing board;

   It is fixed to both sides of the front case and the rear case, consisting of a slide rail unit for coupling the front case and the rear case, characterized in that the front case or the rear case is separated or combined as necessary Rack mount case.
2. A front case housing accommodating at least one or more components, the first storage medium having a BAY-ROW board having a multi-stage structure having a first connection portion and a second connection portion for connection to an adjacent board;

   At least one or more power modules;

   A power module connection part for connecting to the power module and a third connection part for connecting power and interface signals to the front case, wherein the third connection part is an adjacent second connection part provided in the front case; A power multiplexing board coupled to and supplied with power supplied from the power module to supply power to the front case;

   A rear case having the power module and the power multiplexing board;

   It is fixed to both sides of the front case and the rear case, consisting of a slide rail unit for coupling the front case and the rear case, characterized in that the front case or the rear case is separated or combined as necessary Body-mountable rack mount case storage system.
3. The method of claim 2,

   The rear case having the power multiplexing board further includes a fourth connection part which protrudes in a direction opposite to the third connection part and transmits power and interface signals.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein

   A BASE board coupled to a fourth connection unit provided in the power multiplexing board, the base board including a PCI Express slot for an external interface and a PCI Express slot for an internal interface to form a control unit, and corresponding to the PCI Express slot Body-mounting coupled rack mount case storage system characterized in that the PCI Express slot is formed outside the rear case.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein

   At least one rear 2BAY module for mounting the second storage media is mounted on the rear case, and the rear 2BAY module is connected to the BASE board and the power and interface control signals through a vertically connected board. Body-mountable rack mount case storage system.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein

   Mounting a second storage mediar provided on the top of the rear case to the second storage media corresponding BAY provided on the bottom of the front case to accommodate the first storage media and the second storage media at the same time only the front case Body detachable rack mount case storage system characterized in that the.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein

   Separated body coupled rack mount case storage system, characterized in that the storage expansion module is further provided is connected to the PCI Express slot connector provided for the expansion module provided on the BASE board.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein

   At least one PCI Express slot connector constituting the PCI Express slot portion provided on the BASE board and at least one or more PCI Express slot connectors disposed in a 90 degree direction inside the BASE board. Separately mounted rack-mount case storage system characterized in that the RAID card is mounted to be additionally provided.
9. The method of claim 8,

   And a cooling fan provided on the front surface of the bracket of the RAID card such that the wind direction is directed in a direction parallel to the RAID card.
10. The method of claim 2,

    The power multiplexing board further includes a power extension board between the power module and the power module connection part corresponding to the length of the power module to connect the power module and the power module connection part. Mount case storage system.
11. The method of claim 2,

    Body having a body handle hole for convenience when installing the front case at the center of the upper side of the front side case of the front case, the body characterized in that the body handle hole is covered when the product is installed by a screening means such as a slide rail Detachable rackmount case storage system.
12. The method of claim 3, wherein

    The rear case includes a rear case in which only the power module is mounted on the power multiplexing board when the first storage medium of the front case is for long term storage according to the purpose of using the first storage medium mounted on the front case. Combining to the front case, and long-term preservation, but if intermittent data access is required, in addition to the power module BASE board and the low-performance interface card and low-performance RAID card mounted on the fourth connection portion It is composed of a rear case provided with a coupling to the front case, and in the usual case of the power module in addition to the fourth connection to the base board and the high-performance interface card mounted on it and a high-performance RAID card with a rear case Body characterized in that coupled to the front case Detachable rackmount case storage system.
13. A front case carrying a series of storage media and coupled to at least one or more components;

    A rear part case mounted with a power module and coupled to the front case;

    Combination rack system characterized in that the expansion unit in the form of coupling unit racks to each other to accommodate and accommodate the storage system formed by the combination of the front case and the rear case.

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