CN111951841A - Micromodule automation data storage system - Google Patents
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The invention provides a micro-module automated data storage system. The system comprises a guide rail extending along the transverse direction, two optical disk library module groups arranged on two sides of the guide rail face to face, an inter-module manipulator assembly arranged on the guide rail and an inter-module optical drive column positioned outside the optical disk library module groups; each optical disk library module group comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules arranged along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for carrying out loading and unloading operations of optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive component in an appointed module optical drive component in the optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component; the inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the designated inter-module optical drive in the designated inter-module optical drive column and the designated optical disk box in the designated optical disk warehouse assembly. The scheme of the invention can greatly reduce the probability of equipment shutdown maintenance.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of data storage, in particular to a micromodule automatic data storage system.
Background
The optical disk library is a high-complexity high-precision electromechanical integrated device and is suitable for long-term storage of cold data. When constructing a cold data center based on optical disc media, a large number of optical disc libraries need to be arranged. Simply put a large amount of CD-ROM storehouses in the data center machine room, will cause the whole operational reliability to drop by a wide margin. Because a Single Point of Failure (SPOF) of a Single device is simply superimposed when multiple devices operate simultaneously, the larger the data volume of the device is, the higher the Failure rate of the whole data center is.
The current typical optical disc library product has a single point of equipment error to different degrees, which is reflected in multiple aspects of optical discs, optical drives, manipulators and the like. One such product is to associate optical discs with optical drives to form RAID groups, such as RAID5 and RAID6, although in theory certain fault tolerance can be achieved for optical disc media, such as RAID5 allowing one disc to be broken and RAID6 allowing two discs to be broken. However, this implementation has serious drawbacks: firstly, if the number of damaged optical disks exceeds the redundancy limit, for example, RAID5 damages more than one optical disk, and RAID6 damages more than two optical disks, the data on other optical disks in the RAID group will be lost completely; secondly, when the optical drives form a RAID group, if any one of the optical drives is damaged, the entire apparatus may be stopped. In other words, after forming a RAID group, the number of error singles on the optical disk drive of the apparatus is multiplied, and the specific number is at least equal to the number of optical disk drives participating in forming the RAID.
Even if the technical scheme of associating the disk and the optical drive to form the RAID is not adopted, an error single point exists in a common optical disk library, and the most prominent is a manipulator. If the manipulator breaks down, the condition of stopping for maintenance certainly can appear. Therefore, it is urgently needed to provide a high fault-tolerant and high-reliability optical disc micromodule automated data storage system, which is suitable for constructing a large-scale storage system.
Disclosure of Invention
One purpose of the present invention is to solve the technical problem of the prior art that the optical disc library has an error single point.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a highly fault tolerant, highly reliable micro-modular automated data storage system suitable for use in constructing large scale storage systems.
Particularly, the invention provides a micromodule automatic data storage system which comprises a guide rail extending along the transverse direction, two sets of optical disk library module groups arranged on two sides of the guide rail in a face-to-face mode, an inter-module manipulator assembly arranged on the guide rail and an inter-module optical drive column positioned outside the optical disk library module groups;
each group of optical disk library module groups comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for loading and unloading optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive component in an appointed optical drive component in the corresponding optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the designated inter-module optical drive in the designated inter-module optical drive column and the designated optical disk box in the designated optical disk warehouse assembly.
Optionally, the optical disc magazine assembly includes a plurality of optical disc magazines symmetrically disposed on both sides of the intra-module manipulator and arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, each optical disc magazine has a plurality of optical disc cartridge columns arranged in parallel in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, and each optical disc cartridge column includes a plurality of optical disc cartridges arranged in the vertical direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to draw out the specified optical disk magazine in the specified optical disk magazine module along the longitudinal direction, draw out the tray of the specified optical disk box in the specified optical disk magazine along the transverse direction, take out the optical disk at the specified position in the specified optical disk box and convey the optical disk into the optical drive between the specified modules so as to read and write the optical disk.
Optionally, the micromodule automated data storage system further comprises a bracket disposed at an outer side of an outermost optical library module of the plurality of optical library modules;
the inter-module optical drive column is fixedly arranged on the support and faces the inter-module manipulator assembly, and comprises a plurality of inter-module optical drives which can be opened along the transverse direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive row containing an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the transverse direction, and then to convey the optical disc to an assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
Optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is arranged between two adjacent optical disc library modules in one of the optical disc library module groups, and the inter-module optical drive train includes a plurality of inter-module optical drives that can be opened in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the longitudinal direction, and then to convey the optical disc to the assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
Optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is disposed on the inter-module manipulator assembly, and the inter-module optical drive train includes a plurality of inter-module optical drives that can be opened in the transverse direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the transverse direction, and then to convey the optical disc to an assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
Optionally, the micro-module automated data storage system further comprises a server, and the server is configured to send a control instruction to the inter-module manipulator assembly, the inter-module optical drive train, the intra-module optical drive assembly, and the intra-module manipulator assembly.
Optionally, the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to be started when a failure occurs in any one of the intra-module manipulator assemblies or when optical discs are scheduled between any two optical disc library modules;
optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is configured to be enabled when the inter-module manipulator assembly is enabled;
optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is configured to be enabled when optical drives fail in all modules within a certain optical library module.
Optionally, the in-module optical drive assembly includes a plurality of in-module optical drive columns arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction, and each in-module optical drive column includes a plurality of in-module optical drives arranged along the vertical direction.
Optionally, the intra-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an optical drive column in a designated module including an optical drive in the designated module is located, and to take out an optical disc in the designated module when a tray of the optical drive in the designated module is ejected in the transverse direction, and then to transport the optical disc to a designated position in the designated optical disc cartridge;
optionally, the intra-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where the optical drive row is located in a designated module including an optical drive in the designated module, and the tray of the optical drive in the designated module is pulled out in the transverse direction, so as to take out the optical disc in the optical drive in the designated module, and then convey the optical disc to the designated position in the designated optical disc cartridge.
Particularly, the invention also provides a micro-module automatic data storage system which comprises two optical disk library module groups arranged back to back, two inter-module manipulator assemblies which are respectively arranged at two sides of the two optical disk library module groups and can move along the transverse direction, and two inter-module optical drive columns which are positioned outside the optical disk library module groups and respectively correspond to the two inter-module manipulator assemblies;
each group of optical disk library module groups comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for loading and unloading optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive component in an appointed optical drive component in the corresponding optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the specified inter-module optical drive in the corresponding specified inter-module optical drive column and the specified optical disk box in the corresponding specified optical disk warehouse assembly.
According to the scheme of the invention, because the micro-module automatic data storage system is simultaneously provided with the inter-module manipulator assembly and the intra-module manipulator assembly, the intra-module manipulator assembly is responsible for carrying out the transport of the optical disk between the optical disk box in the optical disk library module corresponding to the intra-module manipulator assembly and the optical drive in the optical disk library module, and the inter-module manipulator assembly is responsible for carrying out the transport of the optical disk between the optical disk box and the inter-module optical drive or between two optical disk library modules outside the optical disk library module. When the mechanical arm assembly in the module breaks down and cannot work normally, the mechanical arm assembly between the modules can replace the mechanical arm assembly to work, and therefore the equipment shutdown maintenance probability caused by the failure of the mechanical arm assembly in the module can be greatly reduced.
In addition, when one or more modules in the optical disk library have faults, the optical disk drive between the modules can be used for replacing the optical disk drive in the module with the faults to complete corresponding read-write operation.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 shows a schematic top view of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 shows a schematic front view of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a first embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic perspective view of a disc library module in a micromodule automated data storage system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 shows a schematic exploded view of a disc library module in a micromodule automated data storage system according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic perspective view of a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic, structural perspective view of an inter-module robot assembly in a micro-module automated data storage system, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 shows a schematic close-up view at A of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic structural side view of an inter-module robot assembly in a micro-module automated data storage system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of the structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 13 shows a schematic top view of a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
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The invention provides a micro-module automatic data storage system which can be suitable for containers of various sizes or a certain isolation area is marked in a machine room for deployment.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the micro-module automated data storage system includes a guide rail (not shown) extending in a transverse direction, two sets of library modules 1 arranged facing each other on both sides of the guide rail, an inter-module manipulator assembly 2 disposed on the guide rail, and an inter-module optical drive train 5 located outside the library modules 1. The inter-module manipulator assembly 2 is arranged between the two optical disk library module groups 1, and at least one inter-module manipulator assembly 2, such as one, two or more, can be arranged, so that the overall reliability of the micro-module automated data storage system can be improved. Preferably, two inter-module manipulator assemblies 2 are provided, which two inter-module manipulator assemblies 2 can work simultaneously or can be backup for each other.
Each set of optical disk library module group 1 consists of a plurality of optical disk library modules 11 which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction and have complete functions. Fig. 4 shows a schematic perspective view of a disc library module in a micromodule automated data storage system according to one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 shows a schematic exploded view of a disc library module in a micromodule automated data storage system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, each optical disc library module 11 includes an optical disc library assembly 111, an in-module optical drive assembly 112, and an in-module manipulator assembly 113, where the in-module manipulator assembly 113 is configured to perform operations of loading and unloading optical discs between a specified in-module optical drive 1121 in a specified in-module optical drive assembly 112 in the corresponding optical disc library module 11 and a specified optical disc cartridge 1112 in the specified optical disc library assembly 111.
The inter-module robot assembly 2 is used to perform loading and unloading operations of optical discs between a designated inter-module optical drive in a designated inter-module optical drive column and a designated optical disc cartridge 1112 in a designated optical disc magazine assembly 111. The inter-module manipulator assembly 2 is configured to be activated when the manipulator assembly 113 in any one of the modules fails or when optical disks are scheduled between any two optical disk library modules, wherein optical disk scheduling between any two optical disk library modules means that a certain disk bay in one of the optical disk library modules is scheduled to another optical disk library module.
According to the scheme of the invention, because the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 and the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 are arranged in the micro-module automation data storage system at the same time, the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 is responsible for carrying out the optical disk transportation between the optical disk box 1112 in the optical disk library module 11 corresponding to the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 and the intra-module optical drive 1121, and the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 is responsible for carrying out the optical disk transportation between the optical disk box 1112 and the inter-module optical drive or between two optical disk library modules 11 outside the optical disk library module 11. When the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 fails and cannot work normally, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 can replace the inter-module manipulator assembly to work, so that the equipment shutdown and overhaul probability generated due to the failure of the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 can be greatly reduced.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the optical disc magazine assembly 111 in each optical disc magazine module 11 includes a plurality of optical disc magazine columns 1111, the plurality of optical disc magazine columns 1111 are arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, each optical disc magazine column 1111 includes a plurality of optical disc magazines 1112, the plurality of optical disc magazines 1112 are arranged in a matrix type in the vertical direction and a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, and a tray of each optical disc magazine 1112 may be drawn out in the horizontal direction by the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 or the inter-module manipulator assembly 2. Multiple discs may be placed in each cartridge 1112.
The intra-module optical drive assemblies 112 in each of the optical disc library modules 11 may be disposed on the same row as the optical disc cartridge row 1111 therein, i.e., they may be arranged side by side in the vertical direction. Each intra-module optical drive assembly 112 includes a plurality of intra-module optical drives 1121, and the plurality of intra-module optical drives 1121 are arranged in a matrix arrangement along a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction. Each of the in-module optical drives 1121 may be pulled out in the lateral direction by the in-module robot assembly 113, or may be in an automatic ejection manner. The optical drive 1121 in the module may be an electrical drive in the prior art when it is in an automatic ejection mode.
The intra-module robot assembly 113 includes a first slide 1131 extending in a vertical direction and a rack assembly 1132 movable along the first slide 1131. A disc extractor and a disc gripper are disposed within the rack assembly 1132. The disk drawer is used for drawing out or pushing a tray of the optical disk cartridge 1112 and a tray of the optical drive 1121 in the module, and the disk gripper is used for gripping an optical disk. The intra-module manipulator assembly 113 is prior art, and other structural features are not described in detail.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the micromodule automated data storage system further includes a server 3. When the in-module optical drive 1121 is in the automatic pop-up mode, the server 3 is configured to send control commands to the inter-module robot assembly 2, and the in-module optical drive assembly 112 and the in-module robot assembly 113. When the in-module optical drive 1121 needs to be pulled out in the transverse direction by the in-module manipulator assembly 113, the server 3 is configured to send a control command to the corresponding in-module manipulator assembly 113.
When a certain intra-module manipulator assembly 113 has a fault, it may feed back fault information to the server 3, and the server 3 may send a control instruction to the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 after receiving the fault information, so that the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 replaces the intra-module manipulator assembly 113 to complete the operation of loading and unloading optical discs between the specified inter-module optical drive and the specified optical disc cartridge 1112. In the event that no intra-module robot assembly 113 fails, the intra-module robot assembly 113 may be preferentially used to perform the loading and unloading operations of the optical disc between the designated intra-module optical drive and the designated optical disc cartridge 1112.
After the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 receives a control instruction sent by the server 3 to convey the optical disk at the specified position in the specified optical disk box 1112 to the specified inter-module optical drive 51 for reading and writing operation, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 finds the specified optical disk magazine according to the sequence of the specified optical disk magazine 11 and the specified optical disk magazine, extracts the specified optical disk magazine along the longitudinal direction, moves to the specified position of the specified optical disk box 1112, grabs the optical disk at the specified position, pushes the specified optical disk magazine into the specified optical disk magazine 11 along the longitudinal direction, moves to the position of the specified inter-module optical drive column containing the specified inter-module optical drive, and places the optical disk in the specified inter-module optical drive when the tray of the specified inter-module optical drive is ejected from the transverse direction, thereby completing the reading and writing operation of the optical disk.
After the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 receives a control instruction sent by the server 3 to place the optical disc in the specified inter-module optical drive 51 back to the specified position in the specified optical disc cartridge 1112, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 moves to the position of the specified inter-module optical drive 51, takes out the optical disc therein when the tray of the specified inter-module optical drive 51 is ejected from the transverse direction, extracts the specified optical disc cartridge corresponding to the specified optical disc cartridge 111 along the longitudinal direction under the condition of grabbing the optical disc, extracts the tray of the specified optical disc cartridge along the transverse direction, and places the optical disc back to the specified position in the specified optical disc cartridge.
According to the scheme of the embodiment of the invention, when the intra-module manipulator in one optical disk library module 11 fails, the data read-write capability of the optical disk library module 11 itself is lost. When one or more optical disk library modules 11 lose the read-write capability, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 of the present invention can ensure the read-write capability of the optical disks in the optical disk library modules 11.
The micromodule automated data storage system further comprises a support 4 shown in fig. 1 and 6, wherein the support 4 is arranged on the outer side of the outermost optical library module in the optical library module group 1. The length of the support 4 extending in the longitudinal direction is at least equal to the total length of the two sets of optical disc library modules 1 and the gap therebetween extending in the longitudinal direction. The inter-module optical drive train 5 is fixedly arranged on the support 4 and faces the inter-module robot assembly 2, the inter-module optical drive train 5 comprising a plurality of inter-module optical drives 51 which can be opened in a lateral direction.
Unlike the intra-module optical drive 1121, the inter-module optical drive 51 may be only an active drive, such as an auto-eject mode. The inter-module optical drive train 5 may be configured to be activated when the optical drives 1121 of all the modules in a certain library module fail, so as to replace the optical drives 1121 of the modules to perform read/write operations. The inter-module optical drive train 5 is configured to be enabled when the inter-module robot assembly 2 is enabled.
When all the intra-module optical drives 1121 in the optical disc library module 11 fail, the inter-module optical drive 51 may be used to replace the failed intra-module optical drive 1121 to complete corresponding read/write operations.
The intra-module optical drives 1121 in the intra-module optical drive component 112 operate independently, wherein when one or more intra-module optical drives 1121 are damaged, the remaining optical drives can continue to operate without being affected, and at this time, the read-write speed of the optical disc library module 11 is affected to different degrees, but the availability of data is not affected. Only when all of the intra-module optical drives 1121 of the intra-module optical drive component 112 are damaged, the data read/write capability of the database itself is lost. In the present invention, the inter-module optical drive column 5 is arranged, so that the readability and writeability of the optical disc in the optical disc library module 11 can be ensured to be normally completed when the optical drive 1121 in one or more modules is damaged.
FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic, structural perspective view of an inter-module robot assembly in a micro-module automated data storage system, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 8 shows a schematic partial enlarged view at a shown in fig. 7. FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic structural side view of an inter-module robot assembly in a micro-module automated data storage system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7 to 9, in addition to all functions of the intra-module robot assembly 113, the inter-module robot assembly 2 further includes a second slide rail 21, a third slide rail 22 and a drawing frame assembly 23, the second slide rail 21 extends along the vertical direction, the third slide rail 22 extends along the longitudinal direction and is connected with the second slide rail 21, and the second slide rail 21 can move on the third slide rail 22 along the longitudinal direction defined by the third slide rail 22. The drawing frame assembly 23 includes a frame body 231, a slide 232, a row drawing tray 233, and a cartridge drawing robot 234. The frame body 231 extends along the longitudinal direction and can move along the second slide rail 21, the slide rail 232 is located on the frame body 231 and extends along the longitudinal direction, the column tray drawer 233 can move along the slide rail 232 to move back and forth along the longitudinal direction, and the cartridge drawing manipulator 234 is disposed on the frame body 231, can move along with the frame body 231 along the second slide rail 21, and can also move along the third slide rail 22 under the driving of the second slide rail 21.
When the optical disc cassettes 1112 in the optical disc library module 11 are opened, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 first moves to a position corresponding to the specified optical disc cassette 1112 along the guide rail, then the row disc extractor 233 moves to the corresponding specified optical disc magazine along the slide rail 232 and drags the specified optical disc magazine to move out of the optical disc library module 11 along the slide rail 232, after the optical disc is moved to the place, the cassette drawing manipulator 234 moves to the position corresponding to the specified optical disc cassette 1112 under the driving of the second slide rail 21 and draws out the specified optical disc cassette 1112, and then the disc grabber of the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 grabs the optical disc in the specified optical disc cassette 1112.
When the optical disc in the inter-module optical drive 51 is taken out or placed in the inter-module optical drive 51, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 first moves to a position corresponding to the assigned inter-module optical drive 51 along the guide rail, and then moves to a height corresponding to the assigned inter-module optical drive 51 along the second slide rail 21, and then when the tray of the inter-module optical drive 51 is ejected, the tray grabber of the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 takes out the optical disc in the inter-module optical drive 51 or places the optical disc in the inter-module optical drive 51.
The embodiment also fully considers the maintainability of the system while mainly improving the reliability of the system, and particularly the feasibility of local online maintenance without shutdown. The specific implementation scheme is as follows: first, the intra-module robot assembly 113 of each optical disk library module 11 can be drawn out of the body of the micromodule automated data storage system through a simple extended guide rail, which is very convenient for maintenance. Second, the intra-module optical drive assembly 112 and the inter-module optical drive train 5 located in the library module 11 may also be easily opened and any number of the intra-module optical drives 1121 or inter-module optical drives 51 therein replaced. It is important that the maintenance of the intra-module robot assembly 113, the intra-module optical drive 1121, and the inter-module optical drive 51 is performed without affecting the normal operation of the entire micro-module automated data storage system. If the system needs to call the data in the specified optical disk library module 11 in the process of maintaining and repairing the specified optical disk library module 11, the inter-module manipulator assembly 2 can be started to perform normal optical disk data calling operation.
The maintenance principle for the inter-module robot assembly 2 is similar to that of the intra-module robot assembly 113 described above. The mechanical arm component 2 between the modules can be pulled out of the optical disk library module group 1 from the two ends of the optical disk library module group 1 through a simple guide rail extension device, so that the mechanical arm component 2 between the modules is convenient to overhaul and replace. Similarly, in the process of maintaining and repairing the manipulator assembly 2 between the modules, the whole automatic data storage system of the micromodule still runs on line, and the maintenance and repair processes do not need to be stopped.
The above features of the present invention are very important in the operation service of large cold data centers, because it can effectively improve the average down time index of the data centers.
Fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view showing a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a state where a cartridge is drawn out is shown. The micromodule automatic data storage system comprises two optical disk library module groups which are arranged back to back, two inter-module manipulator components which are respectively arranged on two sides of the two optical disk library module groups and can move along the transverse direction, and two inter-module optical drive columns which are positioned outside the optical disk library module groups and respectively correspond to the two inter-module manipulator components. Each set of optical disk library module group comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for carrying out loading and unloading operations of optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive in an appointed in-module optical drive component in the corresponding optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component. The inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the specified inter-module optical drive in the corresponding specified inter-module optical drive column and the specified optical disk box in the corresponding specified optical disk warehouse assembly. Other features of this second embodiment are consistent with those of the first embodiment and will not be described in detail herein.
Fig. 11 shows a schematic perspective view of a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a third embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 11, this embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that an inter-module optical drive train including a plurality of inter-module optical drives openable in a lateral direction is provided on the inter-module robot assembly. The inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position of an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive, and to take out an optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when a tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from a lateral direction, and then to transport the optical disc to the assigned position in an assigned optical disc cartridge.
Fig. 12 shows a schematic perspective view of a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. Fig. 13 shows a schematic top view of a partial structure of a micromodule automated data storage system according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 12 and 13, this embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that an inter-module optical drive train is provided between two adjacent optical library modules in one of the sets of optical library modules, the inter-module optical drive train including a plurality of inter-module optical drives that can be opened in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position of an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive, and to take out an optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when a tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from a longitudinal direction, and then to transport the optical disc to the assigned position in an assigned optical disc cartridge.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.
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1. A micromodule automatic data storage system is characterized by comprising a guide rail extending along the transverse direction, two sets of optical disk library module groups arranged on two sides of the guide rail face to face, an inter-module manipulator assembly arranged on the guide rail and an inter-module optical drive column positioned outside the optical disk library module groups;
each group of optical disk library module groups comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for loading and unloading optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive component in an appointed optical drive component in the corresponding optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the designated inter-module optical drive in the designated inter-module optical drive column and the designated optical disk box in the designated optical disk warehouse assembly.
2. The micromodule automated data storage system according to claim 1, wherein the compact disc magazine assembly comprises a plurality of compact disc magazines symmetrically disposed on both sides of the intra-module robot and arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, each compact disc magazine having a plurality of compact disc magazine columns arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, each compact disc magazine column comprising a plurality of compact disc magazines positioned in the vertical direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to draw out the specified optical disk magazine in the specified optical disk magazine module along the longitudinal direction, draw out the tray of the specified optical disk box in the specified optical disk magazine along the transverse direction, take out the optical disk at the specified position in the specified optical disk box and convey the optical disk into the optical drive between the specified modules so as to read and write the optical disk.
3. The micromodule automated data storage system of claim 1, further comprising a bracket disposed outside an outermost one of the plurality of compact disc library modules;
the inter-module optical drive column is fixedly arranged on the support and faces the inter-module manipulator assembly, and comprises a plurality of inter-module optical drives which can be opened along the transverse direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive row containing an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the transverse direction, and then to convey the optical disc to an assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
4. The micromodule automated data storage system of claim 1, wherein the inter-module optical drive train is disposed between two adjacent compact disc library modules in one of the sets of compact disc library modules, the inter-module optical drive train comprising a plurality of the inter-module optical drives openable in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the longitudinal direction, and then to convey the optical disc to the assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
5. The micro-module automated data storage system of claim 1, wherein the inter-module optical drive train is disposed on the inter-module robot assembly, the inter-module optical drive train including a plurality of the inter-module optical drives openable in the lateral direction;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where an assigned inter-module optical drive column of an assigned inter-module optical drive is located, and to take out the optical disc in the assigned inter-module optical drive when the tray of the assigned inter-module optical drive is ejected from the transverse direction, and then to convey the optical disc to an assigned position in the assigned optical disc box.
6. The micro-module automated data storage system of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising a server for issuing control commands to the inter-module manipulator assembly, the inter-module optical drive train, the intra-module optical drive assembly, and the intra-module manipulator assembly.
7. The micromodule automated data storage system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the inter-module robot assembly is configured to be enabled upon failure of any one of the intra-module robot assemblies or upon optical disk scheduling between any two optical disk library modules;
optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is configured to be enabled when the inter-module manipulator assembly is enabled;
optionally, the inter-module optical drive train is configured to be enabled when optical drives fail in all modules within a certain optical library module.
8. The micro-module automated data storage system of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the intra-module optical drive assembly comprises a plurality of intra-module optical drive columns arranged side-by-side along the longitudinal direction, each intra-module optical drive column comprising a plurality of intra-module optical drives positioned along the vertical direction.
9. The micro-module automated data storage system of claim 8, wherein the intra-module robotic assembly is configured to move to a location of an optical drive column within a designated module containing optical drives within the designated module, and to retrieve an optical disc therein when a tray of optical drives within the designated module is ejected in the lateral direction and transport the optical disc to the designated location within the designated optical disc cartridge;
optionally, the intra-module manipulator assembly is configured to move to a position where the optical drive row is located in a designated module including an optical drive in the designated module, and the tray of the optical drive in the designated module is pulled out in the transverse direction, so as to take out the optical disc in the optical drive in the designated module, and then convey the optical disc to the designated position in the designated optical disc cartridge.
10. A micromodule automatic data storage system is characterized by comprising two groups of optical disk library module groups which are arranged back to back, two inter-module manipulator components which are respectively arranged at two sides of the two groups of optical disk library module groups and can move along the transverse direction, and two inter-module optical drive columns which are positioned outside the optical disk library module groups and respectively correspond to the two inter-module manipulator components;
each group of optical disk library module groups comprises a plurality of optical disk library modules which are arranged side by side along the transverse direction, each optical disk library module comprises an optical disk library component, an in-module optical drive component and an in-module manipulator component, and the in-module manipulator component is used for loading and unloading optical disks between an appointed in-module optical drive component in an appointed optical drive component in the corresponding optical disk library module and an appointed optical disk box in the appointed optical disk library component;
the inter-module manipulator assembly is used for loading and unloading the optical disk between the specified inter-module optical drive in the corresponding specified inter-module optical drive column and the specified optical disk box in the corresponding specified optical disk warehouse assembly.
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