TWI704556B - Server - Google Patents

Abstract

A server includes a casing, an adapter plate, a HDD backplane, a plurality of first HDDs, a first motherboard, and a common tray. An accommodating space is formed between a first side plate and a second vertical side plate of the casing. The adapter board divides the accommodating space into a first accommodating area and a second accommodating area. The HDD backplane is disposed in the first accommodating area and electrically connected to the adapter board. The first HDDs are disposed on the HDD backplane. The first motherboard is disposed in the second accommodating area and electrically connected to the adapter board. The common tray is disposed in the second accommodating area. When the server is in a first mode, the common tray carries a plurality of second HDDs, and the second HDDs are electrically connected to the first motherboard through the adapter board. When the server is in a second mode, the common tray carries a second motherboard, and the first HDD is electrically connected to the second motherboard through the adapter board.

Description

server

The present invention relates to a server, in particular to a server whose number of hard disks can be increased or decreased according to usage requirements.

The server is composed of central processing unit (CPU), memory (Memory) and input/output (I/O) equipment and other components, and is connected by a bus (Bus). The server can be used as a server for file sharing, database, email, website and other applications, or it can be dedicated to providing specific functions, such as storage devices.

In the conventional server, the space for installing the hard disk is fixed. As the demand for data storage on the server increases, additional hard disks must be added to the server to provide sufficient storage capacity to meet the needs of storage services, but the hard disk carrier of conventional servers cannot provide additional hard disks. The space required. A server design not only focuses on the performance of the processor and memory, but also has another carrier to provide additional space for more hard drives, which greatly increases the number of hard drives that can be installed. A server with a large number of hard disks is called a high storage density server.

However, with the development of high-storage-density servers toward compatibility, servers with large storage capacities often have lower data processing speeds, and thus cannot meet the requirements of certain situations.

In view of the above problems, the present invention discloses a server that helps to balance data processing performance and storage capacity.

The server disclosed in the present invention includes a chassis, an adapter board, a hard disk backplane, a plurality of first hard disks, a first motherboard and a shared tray. The case includes a bottom plate, a A first vertical side board and a second vertical side board. The first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate are respectively located on two opposite sides of the bottom plate, and an accommodating space is formed between the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate. The adapter plate is arranged between the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate, and the adapter plate divides the accommodating space into a first accommodating area and a second accommodating area. The hard disk backplane is arranged in the first accommodating area, and the hard disk backplane is electrically connected to the adapter board. The first hard disk is arranged on the hard disk backplane. The first motherboard is disposed in the second accommodating area and is electrically connected to the adapter board, and the first hard disk is electrically connected to the first motherboard through the adapter board. The common tray is arranged in the second accommodating area. The number of hard disks of the server in a first mode is greater than the number of hard disks of the server in a second mode. When the server is in the first mode, the shared tray carries a plurality of second hard disks, and the second hard disks are electrically connected to the first motherboard through the adapter board. When the server is in the second mode, the shared tray carries a second motherboard, and the first hard disk is electrically connected to the second motherboard through the adapter board.

The server disclosed according to the present invention has two working modes with different numbers of hard disks. In the first mode with a large number of hard disks, the shared tray carries additional hard disks to provide high storage density to meet storage capacity requirements. In the second mode where the number of hard disks is small, the shared tray carries additional motherboards, which can process data from the hard disks more quickly to meet the demand for high-performance data processing speed. Therefore, the components carried on the shared tray can be changed according to usage requirements, so that the server can be used in environments with different needs.

The above description of the content of the disclosure and the description of the following embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and to provide a further explanation of the patent application scope of the present invention.

1, 1a: server

2: Cabinet

10: Chassis

100: accommodation space

100a: The first housing area

100b: The second housing area

110: bottom plate

120: The first vertical side panel

130: second vertical side panel

140: partition

20: adapter board

30: hard disk backplane

310: Circuit board body

311: Slot

320: indicator light

41: First hard drive

42: second hard drive

51: The first motherboard

52: second motherboard

60: shared tray

70: host tray

81: power supply unit

82: Power Distribution Board

91: cooling fan

92: Fan Control Board

93: cable management frame

R: Slide rail

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the server of Fig. 1.

3 is a partial exploded schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 1 in the first mode.

4 is a partial exploded schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 1 in a second mode.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the server being pulled out of the cabinet according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following embodiments, and the content is sufficient to enable anyone familiar with the relevant art to understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent application and the drawings Anyone who is familiar with the relevant art can easily understand the related purpose and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoint of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention by any viewpoint.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server includes a chassis, an adapter board, a hard disk backplane (HDD Backplane, HDD BP), a first hard disk, a first motherboard, and a shared tray. Please also refer to FIGS. 1 to 2, where FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the server 1 includes a casing 10, an adapter board 20, a hard disk backplane 30, a plurality of first hard disks 41, a first motherboard 51 and a shared tray 60.

The casing 10 includes a bottom plate 110, a first vertical side plate 120 and a second vertical side plate 130. The first vertical side plate 120 and the second vertical side plate 130 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the bottom plate 110, and an accommodating space 100 is formed between the first vertical side plate 120 and the second vertical side plate 130. The casing 10 may further include a top cover for covering the components disposed in the accommodating space 100. For the convenience of description in the drawings, the top cover of the casing 10 is omitted.

The adapter plate 20 is disposed between the first vertical side plate 120 and the second vertical side plate 130. The adapter plate 20 divides the accommodating space 100 into a first accommodating area 100a and a second accommodating area 100b. In this embodiment, the first containing area 100a is larger than the second containing area 100b, but the size of the containing area is not used to limit the present invention.

The hard disk back plate 30 is disposed in the first accommodating area 100 a, and the hard disk back plate 30 is electrically connected to the adapter board 20. In detail, the hard disk backplane 30 is movably disposed in the first accommodating area 100 a, and can relatively move closer to or away from the adapter plate 20. The adapter board 20 may have at least one electrical connection port, and the hard disk backplane 30 is detachably plugged into the electrical connection port to communicate with the adapter board 20 Electrical connection.

The first hard disk 41 is arranged on the hard disk backplane. In detail, the hard disk backplane 30 includes a circuit board main body 310, and the circuit board main body 310 has a plurality of slots 311. The first hard disks 41 are inserted into the slots 311 to be electrically connected to the adapter board 20 through the circuit board main body 310. In this embodiment, the casing 10 further includes a plurality of partitions 140 arranged in parallel in the first accommodating area 100a, and two adjacent partitions 140 can appropriately limit one row of the first hard disk 41 to Prevent the first hard disk 41 from loosening from the slot 311.

The first main board 51 is disposed in the second accommodating area 100 b and is electrically connected to the adapter board 20. The first hard disk 41 is electrically connected to the first motherboard 51 through the adapter board 20. In this embodiment, the server 1 further includes a host tray 70 disposed in the second accommodating area 100 b, and the first host board 51 is carried on the host tray 70.

The common tray 60 is disposed in the second accommodating area 100b. In this embodiment, the common tray 60 is between the host tray 70 that carries the first motherboard 51 and the bottom plate 110 of the casing 10, but the invention is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the shared tray may be located on the same level as the first motherboard, or the shared tray may be disposed in the first accommodating area. The arrangement of the shared tray 60 between the first motherboard 51 and the bottom plate 110 helps the server to have enough space to accommodate other electronic components.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server further includes a power supply unit and a power distribution board (PDB). As shown in FIG. 2, the server 1 further includes a power supply unit 81 and a power distribution board 82. The power supply unit 81 is disposed in the second accommodating area 100 b, and the power supply unit 81 is interposed between the common tray 60 and the bottom plate 110 of the casing 10. The power supply unit 81 and the adapter board 20 are electrically connected to the power distribution board 82. The power supply unit 81 supplies power to the first motherboard 51 and the hard disk backplane 30 through the power distribution board 82 and the adapter board 20.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server further includes a cooling fan and a fan control board (Fan Control Board, FCB). As shown in Figure 2, server 1 further includes a heat sink Fan 91 and a fan control board 92. The cooling fan 91 is disposed between the first hard disk 41 and the first motherboard 51. The cooling fan is electrically connected to the fan control board 92.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hard disk backplane includes a circuit board main body and a plurality of indicator lights on the circuit board main body. Please refer to FIG. 2, the hard disk backplane 30 further includes a plurality of indicator lights 320 on the circuit board main body 310. The indicator lights 320 correspond to the first hard disks 41 and are used to confirm the operating status of the first hard disk 41. For example, when the first hard disk 41 is operating normally, the indicator light 320 emits green light; when the first hard disk 41 fails, the indicator light 320 emits red light.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server has at least two working modes. Please also refer to FIGS. 3 and 4, wherein FIG. 3 is a partial exploded schematic diagram of the server of FIG. 1 in the first mode, and FIG. 4 is a partial exploded diagram of the server of FIG. 1 in the second mode.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, when the server 1 is in the first mode, the shared tray 60 carries a plurality of second hard disks 42, and the second hard disk 42 is electrically connected to the second hard disk through the adapter board 20 One motherboard 51. In detail, in the first mode, another hard disk backplane can be set on the shared tray 60, and these second hard disks 42 are inserted into the slots of the hard disk backplane to be electrically connected to the adapter board 20 . Therefore, the server 1 has a large number of hard disks in the first mode to meet the demand for high storage capacity. In one embodiment, the server 1 normally includes 70 first hard disks 41, and additionally includes 6 second hard disks 42 in the first mode. Therefore, the server 1 in the first mode includes a total of 76 A hard disk with a storage capacity of up to 380TB (Terabyte).

As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, when the server 1 is in the second mode, the shared tray 60 carries a second motherboard 52, and the first hard disk 41 is electrically connected to the second motherboard through the adapter board 20. Main board 52. In detail, in the second mode, another host tray can be set on the common tray 60, and the second host board 52 is carried on the host tray and is electrically connected to the adapter board 20. Therefore, the server 1 has two motherboards (the first motherboard 51 and the second motherboard 52) for data processing in the second mode, and can quickly process the data from the first hard disk 41 to meet high performance The need for data processing speed. Server 1 has more hard drives in the first mode than in the second mode The number of hard disks under the formula. In one embodiment, the server 1 in the second mode includes a total of 70 hard disks and has a storage capacity of at least 280TB.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the server being pulled out of the cabinet according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the server 1a further includes a cable management frame 93, and the outer surface of at least one of the first vertical side plate 120 and the second vertical side plate 130 of the casing 10 has a sliding rail. In this embodiment, the outer surfaces of the first vertical side plate 120 and the second vertical side plate 130 have slide rails R. The server 1a is slidably arranged in a cabinet 2 through a sliding rail R. The internal component configuration of the server 1a can be understood with reference to FIG. 1, and will not be repeated here. The cable management frame 93 is arranged on the slide rail R, so that the running server 1a can be pulled out of the cabinet for maintenance, so that the normal operation of the entire server 1a is not affected when the internal components are repaired.

In summary, in the server disclosed in the present invention, the server has two working modes with different numbers of hard disks. In the first mode with a large number of hard disks, the shared tray carries additional hard disks to provide high storage density to meet storage capacity requirements. In the second mode where the number of hard disks is small, the shared tray carries additional motherboards, which can process data from the hard disks more quickly to meet the demand for high-performance data processing speed. Therefore, the components carried on the shared tray can be changed according to usage requirements, so that the server can be used in environments with different needs.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, these embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention. All changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention fall within the scope of patent protection of the present invention. For the scope of protection defined by the present invention, please refer to the attached patent scope.

1: server

20: adapter board

41: First hard drive

42: second hard drive

51: The first motherboard

60: shared tray

70: host tray

81: power supply unit

Claims (10)

A server includes: a chassis, including a bottom plate, a first vertical side plate, and a second vertical side plate. The first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate are respectively located on two opposite sides of the bottom plate and have a housing A space is formed between the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate; an adapter plate is arranged between the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate, and the adapter plate divides the accommodating space into a first The accommodating area and a second accommodating area; a hard disk backplane (HDD Backplane, HDD BP) is arranged in the first accommodating area, and the hard disk backplane is electrically connected to the adapter board; more A first hard disk is disposed on the hard disk backplane; a first motherboard is disposed in the second accommodating area and is electrically connected to the adapter board, the first hard disks are The board is electrically connected to the first motherboard; and a shared tray is disposed in the second accommodating area; wherein the number of hard disks of the server in a first mode is greater than that of the server in a second mode The number of hard disks below, the server is in the first mode, the shared tray carries a plurality of second hard disks, and the second hard disks are electrically connected to the first motherboard through the adapter board, And when the server is in the second mode, the shared tray carries a second motherboard, and the first hard disks are electrically connected to the second motherboard through the adapter board. The server according to claim 1, wherein the shared tray is between the first motherboard and the bottom plate of the chassis. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a host tray arranged in the second accommodating area, wherein the first host board is carried on the host tray. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit disposed in the second accommodating area, wherein the power supply unit is between the common tray and the bottom plate of the chassis. The server according to claim 4, further comprising a power distribution board arranged in the casing, wherein the power supply unit and the adapter board are electrically connected to the power distribution board. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a cooling fan disposed between the first hard disks and the first motherboard. The server according to claim 6, further comprising a fan control board (Fan Control Board, FCB) provided in the casing, wherein the cooling fan is electrically connected to the fan control board. The server according to claim 1, wherein the hard disk backplane includes a circuit board body and a plurality of indicator lights on the circuit board body, the first hard disks are disposed on the circuit board body, and the indicators The lights correspond to the first hard disks and are used to confirm the operating status of the first hard disks. The server according to claim 1, further comprising a cable management frame, wherein the outer surface of at least one of the first vertical side plate and the second vertical side plate of the chassis has a sliding rail, and the cable management frame Set on the slide rail. The server according to claim 1, wherein the total storage capacity of the first hard disks or the total storage capacity of the first hard disks and the second hard disks is 280TB~380TB.

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