CN113296581A

CN113296581A - Hard disk support and data processing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113296581A
Application number: CN202010744261.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贺永宝; 郭锐
Original assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-29
Filing date: 2020-07-29
Publication date: 2021-08-24

Abstract

The application provides a hard disk support and a data processing device, the hard disk support includes: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the thickness side face of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient for external holding. Since in this application, the fixed frame in the hard disk support is a fixed structure that is disposed on the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and a handle is mounted on the fixed frame, a holding end that is convenient for external holding can be provided on the handle. The hard disk unit can be conveniently arranged in the internal area of the equipment for storing the hard disk unit, or the hard disk unit is taken out from the internal area to maintain the hard disk unit.

Description

Hard disk support and data processing equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a hard disk support and data processing equipment.

Background

With the advent of the age of big data computing, IT (Information Technology, i.e., Information Technology) products have been rolled out endlessly. With the increasing demand for the performance of IT products and the increasing performance of the IT products, the performance of the IT products is mainly improved in terms of the storage performance or the computing performance of the server. Taking a hard disk as an example, in using a hard disk, not only is it required that the hard disk can exhibit good performance in terms of storage performance, but it is also expected that the hard disk is installed in an internal area of an apparatus for storing the hard disk such as a server in a convenient manner. Meanwhile, when the hard disk needs to be maintained, the hard disk can be taken out from the internal area in a convenient mode.

In the conventional method of placing a hard disk in a server, the hard disk is directly placed in an area for placing the hard disk in the server. However, when the hard disk is installed in the server in this way, the hard disk is not easily taken out from the server when maintenance of the hard disk is required. Mainly because this kind of installation hard disk of prior art or the mode of taking out the hard disk need directly snatch the hard disk to cause the operation inconvenience for the operator easily. Similarly, when a hard disk is placed in an internal area of another apparatus that stores hard disks, it is also not easy to take out the hard disk.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a hard disk support to above-mentioned difficult problem of settling or getting and put the hard disk among the solution prior art. The application also provides a data processing device.

The application provides a hard disk support, includes: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the thickness side face of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient for external holding.

Optionally, the fixing frame is disposed on a long thickness side surface formed by the length side and the thickness side of the hard disk unit.

Optionally, the handle has a storage state and a working state; when the handle is in a collection state, the handle is attached to the fixed frame, and when the handle is in a working state, the holding end of the handle is separated from the fixed frame.

Optionally, a buckle component is installed on the fixed frame, and the buckle component is used for being matched with the handle to control the handle to be switched between the collection state and the working state.

Optionally, in the storage state, the holding end of the handle is close to the insertion end of the hard disk unit with the insertion port; correspondingly, the buckling component is positioned at the inserting end of the hard disk unit with the inserting port.

Optionally, when the handle is switched from the working state to the storage state, the hard disk unit moves towards a direction close to the plug connector by a pressing acting force applied by the handle, so that the hard disk unit is plugged with the connector through a plug interface on the hard disk unit;

correspondingly, when the handle is in a working state, the hard disk unit moves towards a direction far away from the plug connector by the pulling acting force exerted by the handle, so that the plug interface on the hard disk unit is separated from the connector.

Optionally, a supporting frame structure is further arranged on the fixed frame, and the supporting frame structure at least comprises a supporting frame; one end of the supporting frame is pivoted to the fixed frame through a first pivoting shaft arranged on the fixed frame, and the other end of the supporting frame is pivoted with a second pivoting shaft which is arranged on the handle and is positioned on the other side of the first pivoting shaft relative to the inserting end.

Optionally, the supporting frame structure comprises a first elastic element, and the first elastic element is arranged on the fixed frame and generates an elastic force to the supporting frame away from the fixed frame, so as to eject the holding end of the handle.

Optionally, a limiting track is arranged on the fixed frame, and a limiting end of the handle opposite to the holding end is limited in the limiting track and can move in the track along the direction of the pull-in connector of the hard disk unit; the position and length of the defined track can define the range of motion of the handle as: the handle is in a set lifting angle in the working state, and the handle can be attached to the fixed frame in the storage state.

Optionally, a fastening track is disposed at an end of the fixing frame close to the interface, and a fastening component body of the fastening component can move along a direction of the pull-in connector of the hard disk unit through a range defined by the fastening track; the buckle part body faces towards one end of the handle is provided with a fastening structure fastened with the end of the handle, and the buckle part body is moved to a fastening position, so that the buckle part body can be fastened with the handle attached to the fixed frame through the fastening structure.

Optionally, the buckle part includes a second elastic member, which is disposed on the fixing frame and generates an elastic force toward the buckling position to the buckle part body.

The present application also provides a data processing apparatus, comprising: the device comprises an equipment frame, a data calculation module and a data storage module;

the equipment frame is provided with a first installation layer and a second installation layer in a vertically layered mode in the height direction of the equipment frame, the data calculation module is arranged on the first installation layer, and the data storage module is arranged on the second installation layer; wherein the data storage module can move on the second installation layer in a push-pull mode.

Optionally, the data storage module is a hard disk module, and the hard disk module includes a plurality of hard disk units and a hard disk mounting frame for fixing the plurality of hard disk units;

two sides of the hard disk mounting frame slide on the second mounting layer through the sliding rail device, so that the data storage module is moved on the second mounting layer.

Optionally, a plurality of back plates protruding from the bottom plate are arranged on the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame, a connector for realizing data connection and electrical connection with the outside is arranged on the back plate, and the plugging surface arranged on the width edge and the thickness edge of each hard disk unit is connected with the external data connection and electrical connection through plugging with the plugging port of the connector on the back plate.

Optionally, the back plate is perpendicular to the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame; the hard disk unit is inserted into the connector of the backboard in a mode that the width direction is vertical to the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame.

Optionally, a guide rail matched with the back plate is arranged on the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame, the length direction of the guide rail is perpendicular to the connector, and the width of the guide rail is matched with the thickness of the hard disk unit.

Optionally, a hard disk support is installed on the top surface of the hard disk unit after the hard disk unit is inserted into the plugging port of the connector on the backplane; the hard disk support includes: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the long thickness side face formed by the length side and the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient to hold from the outside.

Optionally, the device frame occupies a 4U space in the height direction, wherein the second installation layer occupies a 3U space, and the first installation layer occupies a 1U space.

Optionally, a tank chain for installing cables connected out by the connector is arranged at the bottom of the second mounting layer, and the cables connected out by the connector are connected to an external power interface and a data interface of the front panel of the second mounting layer through the tank chain.

Optionally, the hard disk module is disposed in a front end region of the second mounting layer, and the cooling fan is disposed in a rear end region of the second mounting layer.

Compared with the prior art, the method has the following advantages:

the application provides a hard disk support, includes: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the thickness side face of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient for external holding. Since in this application, the fixed frame in the hard disk support is a fixed structure that is disposed on the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and a handle is mounted on the fixed frame, a holding end that is convenient for external holding can be provided on the handle. The hard disk unit can be conveniently arranged in the internal area of the equipment for storing the hard disk unit, or the hard disk unit is taken out from the internal area to maintain the hard disk unit.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk drive holder according to a first embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a first schematic diagram illustrating a process of pulling out a hard disk unit from a connector through a hard disk holder according to a first embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram illustrating the process of pulling out the hard disk unit from the connector through the hard disk holder according to the first embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a data processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a first prior art configuration for mounting a hard disk module and a processor module in a 4U high-density storage server enclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a second prior art configuration for mounting a hard disk module and a processor module in a 4U high-density storage server chassis;

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. This application is capable of implementation in many different ways than those herein set forth and of similar import by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of this application and is therefore not limited to the specific implementations disclosed below.

The application provides a hard disk bracket and a data processing device, and the following embodiments are provided.

Before describing the present embodiment, a brief description of the hard disk unit and the related art mounted in the data processing apparatus is required. In the present embodiment, a high-density storage server is used as a device for mounting a hard disk unit. It is understood that the hard disk unit can be plugged into and unplugged from other devices in which the hard disk unit can be installed through the hard disk bracket.

The hard disk unit, i.e. the hard disk in the present embodiment, is a general-purpose 3.5 inch hard disk, and has dimensions of a hard disk length of 147mm, a width of 101.6mm, and a thickness of 26.1 mm; the plugging direction of the connector is arranged in the length direction, and the plugging port is arranged on one end face in the length direction; the plug port is an interface of a data line and a power line which are externally connected with the hard disk, and is plugged with an external plug connector through the plug port.

The high-density storage server in the prior art is a storage server with a plurality of hard disk units; the high-density storage server is a push-pull frame which is 4U in height and 850mm in length physically; where U, Unit, is a Unit for characterizing the height dimension of the server, and 1U is 44.45mm, and 4U is 177.8 mm.

In the prior art, in order to facilitate the insertion and extraction of the hard disk unit and the taking care of the size of the hard disk, the length side of the hard disk unit is taken as the height side of the hard disk unit installed in the server, and the insertion and extraction port is positioned at the bottom edge of the server equipment frame; when the hard disk is plugged in and pulled out, the hard disk is plugged in and pulled out in the height direction, and the layout mode is vividly called as a rice transplanting type layout.

The transplanting type layout mode is convenient for plugging and unplugging the hard disk unit, so that the equipment maintenance is more convenient; however, this arrangement also has significant drawbacks.

One major problem is that in the rice transplanting type layout, the hard disk unit occupies 4U of height space of the server, so that the storage area and the calculation area in the server can only be distributed in a front-back manner as shown in fig. 5 or in a left-right distribution manner as shown in fig. 6. Fig. 5 and 6 are views of a top view, a front-back view, and a side view of the server. In the figure, the hard disk module is arranged in the HDD storage area, and the processor module is arranged in the CPU calculation area.

However, in the case of the front-back distribution of the storage area and the calculation area, when the CPU is located at the rear end of the hard disk, the heat dissipation capability is poor, which results in low power consumption of the supportable CPU and thus low calculation performance. Moreover, the server architecture of the layout mode can only support an Input/Output (i.e., Input/Output) mode of the rear outgoing line, and does not support a front outgoing line mode. For the situation that the storage area and the calculation area are distributed left and right, the CPU occupies a narrow space, which also causes the supportable CPU to have lower power consumption and low calculation performance; at the same time, it also results in lower power consumption for supportable hard disks.

Therefore, the layout mode is different from the layout mode in the prior art, in general, the layout is performed in the height direction, and the data storage module consisting of the hard disk and the data calculation module consisting of the CPU unit are arranged in an upper layer and a lower layer in the height direction, wherein the data storage module occupies a height of 3U, and the data calculation module occupies a height of 1U.

In order to realize the layout mode, the hard disk units in the data storage module cannot adopt a transplanting type layout, and can only be arranged in the height direction of the equipment frame in the width direction. However, since the hard disk is a standard device, the insertion and extraction opening of the hard disk must be on one end surface in the length direction, and the hard disk must be inserted and extracted in the horizontal direction in the layout mode; in the case of pursuing storage density, hard disks need to be arranged in a high-density manner in an equipment frame, for example, 60 hard disk units need to be arranged in a standard storage server equipment frame, and the space of the hard disk units must ensure very compact layout; therefore, when the layout mode is adopted, the hard disk lacks a plugging space in the horizontal direction, which also results in that the layout mode cannot be adopted in the prior art.

In order to solve the above problems, the present application first provides a hard disk support used in cooperation with a hard disk unit, where the hard disk support is fixedly installed on an end surface of each hard disk unit in width, and provides a force point for realizing two-dimensional plugging in horizontal and vertical directions for the hard disk units, thereby solving the technical difficulty of the above two-layer layout. The following first embodiment provides the hard disk drive holder, and the second embodiment provides a data processing apparatus, which is a storage server in general, on the basis of using the above-described hard disk unit mounted with the hard disk drive holder.

A first embodiment of the present application provides a hard disk drive holder, which is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 3. The present embodiment provides a hard disk support, as shown in fig. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of the hard disk support provided in the present embodiment, and the hard disk support includes a fixing frame 101 and a handle 102 mounted on the fixing frame 101. The hard disk support and the hard disk unit are fixed into a whole, and a handle capable of applying force is provided for plugging and unplugging the hard disk from one long thickness side position in the width direction. In addition, as can also be seen from fig. 1, the hard disk rack further includes a side panel 106 connected to the fixing frame 101, the side panel 106 and the fixing frame 101 are used together for fixing the hard disk unit, the fixing frame 101 is used for fixing a long thickness side of the hard disk unit, the side panel 106 is used for fixing a wide side of the hard disk unit, and the wide side is a surface formed by the width and the thickness of the hard disk unit. Specifically, the fixing frame 101 is provided with a slot structure for long-thickness side insertion, and similarly, the side panel 106 is provided with a slot structure for wide-side insertion, through which the hard disk support can fix the hard disk unit.

Specifically, the hard disk holder includes a fixing frame 101 and a handle 102; when the hard disk unit is actually installed in the equipment frame, the long-thickness side fixed by the fixed frame 101 is at the top surface position, the handle 102 can be attached to or lifted up from the fixed frame 101, when the handle 102 is lifted up, the handle 102 can apply a force in the plugging direction to the hard disk unit to plug the hard disk unit into or out of the socket, and when the handle 102 is lifted up, the handle 102 can also apply an upward force to the hard disk unit to separate the hard disk unit from the equipment frame.

As can be seen in fig. 1, the handle 102 is mounted on the fixed frame 101 and has a grip end 102-1 for easy gripping from the outside. The user can pull up the hard disk unit fixed to the hard disk support by pulling up the holding end 102-1.

The handle 102 has two states on the hard disk support, which are a storage state and a working state respectively. In fig. 1, the handle 102 is in an operating state in which the holding end 102-1 of the handle 102 is separated from the fixed frame 101; when the handle 102 is in the storage state, the handle 102 is attached to the fixed frame 101, and actually, when the handle 102 is in the storage state, the holding end 102-1 is stored on the fixed frame. Under the normal plugging condition, when the handle 102 is in the collection state, the hard disk unit is plugged on the connector, and when the handle 102 is turned to the working state from the collection state, the hard disk unit can be pulled away from the connector under the action of external force, so that the hard disk unit is separated from the connector.

The handle 102 can be switched between the storage state and the operating state, and the specific principle is as follows. The handle 102 is switched between the storage state and the operating state by a snap member mounted on the fixed frame 101. The snap feature can interact with the handle 102 to snap the handle 102 into place against the handle 102. When the buckle part buckles the holding end 102-1 of the handle 102 to the fixed frame 101, the handle 102 is in a storage state of being attached to the fixed frame 101. When the snap feature opens the gripping end 102-1 of the handle 102 from the stowed position, the handle 102 is in the operative position. Namely: the handle 102 is in the working state by moving the snap member away from the snap-fit position to the grip end 102-1, so that the grip end 102-1 is separated from the fixed frame 101.

In the above description, it is mentioned that the hard disk support can be used for fixing the hard disk unit, and can be used for plugging the hard disk unit into the connector in the server after the hard disk unit is fixed, or pulling the hard disk unit out of the connector in the server to perform maintenance on the hard disk unit. The above process is mainly related to the mounting position of the handle on the hard disk bracket.

Specifically, in the embodiment, when the handle 102 is in the storage state, the holding end 102-1 of the handle is close to the insertion end of the hard disk unit having the insertion port, since the holding end 102-1 is fastened with the fastening part, so as to control the handle 102 to be in the storage state. Therefore, the buckling component is also positioned at the inserting end of the hard disk unit with the inserting buckle. In the hard disk unit, a plug end with a plug port is butted with a connector in the server so as to realize that the plug port of the hard disk unit is plugged in the connector of the server.

The specific process of plugging the hard disk unit into the connector in the server by the hard disk holder may be performed as described below.

First, the opposite side of the hard disk unit to which the hard disk holder is fixed is placed inside the hard disk mounting frame as the face facing downward. Then, the socket of the hard disk unit is aligned and butted with the position of the connector, the holding end 102-1 is held, the holding end 102-1 is pressed downwards until the holding end 102-1 is attached to the fixed frame 101, the end of the handle 102 close to the socket of the hard disk unit is locked by the buckle component, so that the handle 102 is attached to and fixed on the fixed frame 101, and the handle 102 is in a storage state. In the process of continuously pressing the holding end 102-1 downwards, the hard disk unit moves towards the direction close to the plug connector, so that the hard disk unit is plugged with the connector through the plug interface on the hard disk unit. Finally, the hard disk unit can just be plugged into the connector when the handle 102 is in the storage state. In the process of holding the holding end 102-1 and pressing the holding end 102-1 downward until the holding end 102-1 is attached to the fixing frame 101, the hard disk unit is subjected to a force close to the connector, so that the hard disk unit is moved toward the direction close to the connector.

When the hard disk unit is plugged in the connector, the hard disk unit can be pulled out of the connector through the hard disk bracket. Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, fig. 2 and 3 are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of pulling out the hard disk unit from the connector 105 through the hard disk holder.

When the hard disk unit is pulled out from the connector 105, first, the latch member is first pulled so that the latch member unlocks the end of the handle 102 near the insertion end of the hard disk unit. When the handle 102 is in the storage state, the snap member actually locks the end of the handle 102 near the insertion end of the hard disk unit to achieve the fit between the handle 102 and the fixing frame 101. Therefore, when the hard disk unit is pulled out from the connector 105, the latch member needs to be pulled first, see fig. 2, and at this time, the latch member is pulled so that the end of the handle 102 close to the insertion end of the hard disk unit is in an unlocked state, and when the end is in the unlocked state, the end is slightly lifted up by a certain angle. Referring to fig. 3, the holding end 102-1 is lifted upwards by an external force, and the hard disk unit moves away from the connector, so that the connection port of the hard disk unit is finally separated from the connector, thereby separating the hard disk unit from the connector. During the process of lifting the holding end 102-1 upward, the hard disk unit is subjected to a force away from the connector, thereby causing the hard disk unit to move in a direction away from the connector.

In this embodiment, the latch member is capable of locking or unlocking the end of the handle 102 near the insertion end of the hard disk unit, and the latch member mainly works according to the principle. Specifically, a fastening track is disposed at an end of the fixing frame 101 close to the socket, and a fastening member body 104 is included in the fastening member. The snap member body 104 can move in the direction of the pull-in connector of the hard disk unit through the range defined by the snap rail. More specifically, the end of the body 104 facing the handle is provided with a fastening structure for fastening to the end of the handle near the grip end 102-1. Therefore, when the buckle member body 104 is moved to the buckling position, the buckle member body 104 buckles the handle attached to the fixed frame through the buckling structure, thereby converting the handle from the working state to the storage state.

More specifically, a second elastic member is further provided at the fastening part, and the second elastic member is disposed on the fixed frame and generates an elastic force toward the fastening position to the fastening part body 104, so that the fastening part body 104 can fasten the handle attached to the fixed frame by the fastening structure. The handle 102 in the stowed position may be unlocked by pulling the snap member body 104 in a direction opposite to the spring force by an external force.

In the above process, when the locking member unlocking handle 102 is close to the end of the hard disk unit insertion end, the end can be slightly lifted up by a certain angle, mainly related to the support frame structure installed on the fixed frame 101. In this embodiment, the supporting frame structure includes a supporting frame and a first elastic member. As shown in fig. 3, one end of the supporting frame 103 is pivoted to the fixing frame 101 through a first pivot shaft 103-1 disposed on the fixing frame 101; the other end is pivotally connected to the handle 102. Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the other end of the supporting frame 103 is pivotally connected to the handle 102 via a second pivot shaft 103-2 disposed on the handle 102, and the second pivot shaft 103-2 is farther away from the inserting end than the first pivot shaft 103-1 with respect to the inserting end.

In addition, the first elastic member of the supporting frame structure is disposed on the fixed frame 101 and generates an elastic force away from the fixed frame to the end of the supporting frame 103 connected to the second pivot shaft 103-2, so that the supporting frame 103 ejects the holding end of the handle 102.

In the process that the holding end of the handle 102 is ejected by the supporting bracket 103, and the holding end 102-1 is continuously lifted upwards, the other end of the handle 102 opposite to the holding end 102-1 on the fixed frame 101 moves along the direction of inserting the hard disk unit into the connector. Specifically, the fixed frame is provided with a limiting track for limiting the sliding range of the other end of the handle 102 opposite to the holding end 102-1, i.e., the limiting end 102-2, on the fixed frame 101. In other words, the handle 102 can move within the set angle range by the limiting end 102-2 being limited by the limiting track provided on the fixing frame 101, i.e. the limiting end 102-2 can slide along the direction of the hard disk unit plug-in connector on the limiting track and has a certain moving range, and then the holding end 102-1 can be lifted up by a certain angle by the action of the second pivot shaft. In this embodiment, the position and length of the defined track can define the range of motion of the handle 102 as: so that the handle 102 can be moved to a set lifting angle with the help of external force when in the working state, and the handle 102 can be attached to the fixed frame 101 when in the storage state.

In the process of continuously lifting the holding end 102-1 upwards, the limiting end 102-1 of the handle 102 moves on the fixing frame 101 along the direction of inserting the hard disk unit into the connector, the force for pulling the hard disk unit out of the connector can be simultaneously applied through the holding end 102-1 of the handle 102, and the fixing frame 101 can bear the force in the direction of pulling the hard disk unit out of the connector through the limiting end 102-1 of the handle 102, so that the hard disk unit is separated from the connector.

After the hard disk unit is separated from the connector, the hard disk unit can be pulled out within the hard disk mounting frame by holding the holding end 102-1 and pulling it upward, so that maintenance of the hard disk unit can be performed.

Based on the hard disk support, the hard disk unit can move in two directions. Wherein, a direction is in the direction of hard disk unit plug connector, promptly: the direction in which the hard disk unit is pulled out of and inserted into the connector, and the other direction is the direction in which the hard disk unit is removed from and put into the hard disk mounting frame. Therefore, the hard disk support of the embodiment realizes the plugging and unplugging of the hard disk unit in the two-dimensional direction. Meanwhile, in the embodiment, the long thickness side face formed by the length side and the thickness side of the hard disk unit can be used as a butt joint face for fixing with the hard disk support, the face fixed with the hard disk support is arranged on the top when the hard disk unit is placed on the hard disk installation frame, the width side of the hard disk unit is used as a height side for inserting the hard disk installation frame, and only 3U space in 4U height space of the server is occupied, so that the CPU can be installed in the remaining 1U space, the layered layout of the hard disk and the CPU in the 4U height space of the server is realized, and the calculation performance and the storage performance of the server are improved.

Of course, in the first embodiment, only the high-density storage server is taken as a scene to explain how the hard disk unit is plugged in and unplugged from the server in a convenient manner through the hard disk support. The hard disk support can also be applied to the scene of plugging and unplugging the hard disk unit in other storage areas. Since in this application, the fixed frame in the hard disk support is a fixed structure that is disposed on the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and a handle is mounted on the fixed frame, a holding end that is convenient for external holding can be provided on the handle. The hard disk unit can be conveniently arranged in the internal area of the equipment for storing the hard disk unit, or the hard disk unit is taken out from the internal area to maintain the hard disk unit.

Second embodiment

A second embodiment of the present application provides a data processing apparatus, which is described below with reference to fig. 4 to 6.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a data processing apparatus according to the present application. In this embodiment, the data processing apparatus includes: the device comprises an equipment frame, a data calculation module and a data storage module.

In the present embodiment, a server is explained as a data processing apparatus. Fig. 4 illustrates the architecture of the server of the present embodiment from a top view, a front view, a side view, and a back view of the server. Data processing refers to data storage and data calculation. The data processing equipment comprises a data calculation module and a data storage module. In the present application, a hard disk module is used as a data storage module, and the hard disk module is stored in the HDD storage area shown in the figure. The processor module is used as a data calculation module and is arranged in a CPU calculation area shown in the figure.

Specifically, the data calculation module is a processor module composed of a plurality of processor units, and similarly, the data storage module is a hard disk module composed of a plurality of hard disk units. It will be appreciated that the data processing apparatus may also be other data processing apparatus than a server. The data computing module can also be a module formed by other units with data processing functions besides the processor module, and similarly, the data storage module can also be a module formed by other units with data storage functions besides the hard disk module. In the present embodiment, the server, the hard disk module, and the processor module are only used as an example of the data processing device, the data storage module, and the data calculation module, respectively, which do not limit the protection scope of the data processing device in the present application.

More specifically, taking a 4U (i.e., Unit is a Unit representing the height dimension of the server chassis, and the 1U dimension is 44.45mm, and 4U is about 178mm) server with a high-density storage function as an example, the high-density storage function means that a plurality of hard disk units are arranged inside the server chassis. In a 4U server with a high-density storage function (referred to as a 4U high-density storage server for short), the hard disk units in the layout structure inside the chassis all have their length sides as the docking sides with the connectors. This is mainly related to the size of the hard disk and the orientation of the connector: the length of the hard disk is 147mm, the width is 101.6mm, and the thickness is 26.1mm, because in the existing 4U high-density storage server, the connector is arranged at the bottom edge of the hard disk mounting frame, and in the hard disk mounting frame for arranging the hard disks in the 4U high-density storage server, the hard disk units are arranged in the hard disk mounting frame in a vertical inserting mode, namely, a rice transplanting type layout is adopted; this makes it possible to install only the hard disk module in the height direction of the 4U high-density storage server chassis.

Fig. 5 and 6 are schematic structural diagrams illustrating a hard disk module and a processor module respectively disposed in a 4U high-density storage server chassis according to the prior art. In fig. 5, the hard disk module and the processor module are arranged in the front-back direction in the height direction of the case, that is: the hard disk module is in front of the processor module. The hard disk module occupies almost 4U space on the height of the case, and the processor module occupies 2U space. Because the processor module is positioned at the rear end of the hard disk module, the processor module has poor heat dissipation capability and low supportable power consumption, and the processor module has low calculation performance. Meanwhile, because the processor module is positioned at the rear end, the port of the server for data input/output can only support a rear wire outlet mode and does not support a front wire outlet mode. In fig. 6, the hard disk module and the processor module are arranged in a left-right manner in the height direction of the case, that is: the hard disk module is on the left, and the processor module is on the right. The hard disk module occupies almost 4U space on the height of the case, two processor units in the processor module are connected in series, and the processor module also occupies 4U space. Because the processor module occupies a small space in the layout mode, the supportable power consumption is low, and the computing performance of the processor module is low. In addition, the hard disk module supported by the layout mode has low storage power consumption and is not beneficial to upgrading the specification of the hard disk.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, a first installation layer 401 and a second installation layer 402 are disposed in a layered manner in a height direction of an equipment frame, which is referred to as a server chassis 403 in the present embodiment. Namely, the chassis 403 is layered in the height direction, the first installation layer 401 installs the processor module, and the second installation layer 402 installs the hard disk module. Since the height dimension of the device frame has fixed requirements, the hard disk units cannot adopt the rice transplanting type layout of the prior art in order to realize the arrangement mode.

In this embodiment, the hard disk module can move back and forth on the second mounting layer 402 in a push-pull manner. Here, the hard disk module is arranged on the second mounting layer 402 to be capable of moving back and forth, so that the hard disk module is integrally pulled out of the server chassis 403, and then the hard disk unit therein is maintained.

Specifically, the hard disk module can be moved back and forth on the second mounting layer 402 in a push-pull manner, mainly in relation to the structure of the chassis 403 and the hard disk mounting frame for mounting the plurality of hard disk units.

The chassis 403 includes chassis side panels. A slide rail is provided on the side plate of the chassis, and the hard disk module can move back and forth on the second mounting layer 402 in a push-pull manner through the slide rail.

The hard disk module consists of a plurality of hard disk units and a hard disk mounting frame for fixing the hard disk units. This hard disk mounting frame includes: bottom plate, two sides. The two side surfaces are provided with slide rail devices which can slide on the slide rails so as to realize that the hard disk module can move back and forth on the second mounting layer 402 in a push-pull manner.

Meanwhile, in order to fix the hard disk unit in the hard disk installation frame, in the internal space of the hard disk installation frame, a plurality of back plates protruding from the bottom plate are arranged on the bottom plate, a plurality of connectors are installed on the back plates, and the plugging ports of the connectors are used for being in butt joint connection with the plugging ports on the plugging surface formed by the width edges and the thickness edges of the hard disk units so as to fix the hard disk units in the hard disk installation frame through the connectors. After the hard disk unit is fixed inside the hard disk mounting frame in the above mode, the hard disk unit can be in data connection and electric connection with the outside. The connector can be plugged with the hard disk unit, and the hard disk unit can be plugged on the connector mainly because the plugging port of the connector corresponds to the plugging port of the hard disk unit.

Specifically, in the internal space of the hard disk mounting frame, the back plate is arranged in the direction perpendicular to the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame, each hard disk unit is inserted into the connector in a manner that the width direction of each hard disk unit is perpendicular to the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame, and the plurality of hard disk units can be fixed in the hard disk mounting frame in the manner.

After the hard disk unit is fixed on the connector inside the hard disk mounting frame, the hard disk mounting frame can be pushed into the case, namely: by moving the hard disk mounting frame forward in the second mounting direction, the hard disk mounting frame can be pushed into the inside of the case. Since the hard disk unit is a side of the plug connector in the width direction, the hard disk unit occupies only 3U height of the 4U height space of the server.

More specifically, after all the hard disk units are fixed inside the hard disk mounting frame through the connectors, the hard disk units and the hard disk mounting frame form a hard disk module, and the hard disk module is pushed forward along the second mounting layer 402, so that the hard disk module can be pushed into the case 403.

In order to facilitate the hard disk module to be moved on the second installation layer, a push-pull device is arranged on one side of the hard disk installation frame, which faces to the outer side, and the hard disk installation frame can move on the second installation layer through the push-pull device of the push-pull cover, so that the hard disk module can be moved on the second installation layer.

By the above mounting manner, the hard disk unit can be detachably mounted on the connector inside the hard disk mounting frame. When the hard disk unit is placed in the hard disk installation frame, the length side of the hard disk unit is in butt joint with the bottom plate of the hard disk installation frame, and the width side of the hard disk unit is in butt joint with the connector, so that the hard disk unit only occupies 3U height of the 4U high-density storage server case in the placement height. Namely: the second installation layer 402 is arranged at the height of 3U in the 4U high-density storage server chassis, so that the hard disk module can be arranged in the server.

In addition, a guide rail matched with the back plate is arranged on the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame, the length direction of the guide rail is perpendicular to the connector, and the width of the guide rail is matched with the thickness of the hard disk unit. The guide rail is used for limiting the hard disk unit to move only in the guide rail after the hard disk unit is placed in the hard disk mounting frame, so that the hard disk unit can be plugged in and pulled out of the connector when the hard disk unit moves back and forth in the guide rail.

Specifically, the hard disk unit is inserted into and pulled out of the connector through a hard disk bracket installed at the top surface position after the hard disk unit is inserted into the insertion and pulling port of the connector. As to how the hard disk unit is plugged into and unplugged from the connector through the hard disk holder, the first embodiment of the present application is described in detail, and please refer to the first embodiment, and the description of the hard disk holder in the second embodiment is only schematic.

This hard disk support includes: the frame and the handle are fixed. The fixing frame is a fixing structure which is arranged at the long thickness side face formed by the length side and the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and the handle is arranged on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end which is convenient to hold from the outside. The specific structure of the hard disk holder can be referred to the first embodiment, and all the specific structures in the first embodiment can be used in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate the placement of cables in the server, a tank chain for placing cables taken out by connectors is provided at the bottom of the second installation layer 402; cables connected out from the connector can be connected to an external power interface and a data interface of a front panel of a second installation layer through the tank chain; so as to further connect external power lines and data lines.

In order to ensure the heat dissipation of the hard disk module in time, the hard disk module is disposed at the front end region of the second mounting layer 402, and a cooling fan (such as the second mounting layer mounted fan shown in fig. 4) for dissipating the heat of the hard disk module is disposed at the rear end region. In addition, a power supply for supplying power to the server is provided in the rear end region of the second installation layer 402.

In addition, in the server, a mainboard for fixing the processor modules is arranged on the first installation layer 401, and the processor modules are transversely arranged on the mainboard. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate data input/output, a port (I/O area as shown in the drawing) for data input/output is provided at a front end area or a rear end area of the first mounting layer. Similarly, in order to ensure heat dissipation of the processor module, a cooling fan for dissipating heat from the processor module (such as the first-installation-level-installed fan shown in fig. 4) is also provided in the rear end region of the first installation level.

Although the present application has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present application, and those skilled in the art can make variations and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, therefore, the scope of the present application should be determined by the claims that follow.

In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory. The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

1. Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer-readable medium does not include non-transitory computer-readable storage media (non-transitory computer readable storage media), such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

2. As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

Claims

1. A hard disk drive holder, comprising: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the thickness side face of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient for external holding.

2. The hard disk drive holder according to claim 1, wherein the fixing frame is disposed on a long thickness side composed of a length side and a thickness side of the hard disk unit.

3. The hard disk drive holder of claim 1, wherein the handle has a stowed state and an operative state; when the handle is in a collection state, the handle is attached to the fixed frame, and when the handle is in a working state, the holding end of the handle is separated from the fixed frame.

4. The hard disk drive holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein a snap member is mounted on the fixed frame for cooperating with the handle to control the handle to switch between the storage state and the working state.

5. The hard disk holder according to claim 4, wherein in the storage state, the holding end of the handle is close to the insertion end of the hard disk unit having the insertion port; correspondingly, the buckling component is positioned at the inserting end of the hard disk unit with the inserting port.

6. The hard disk holder according to claim 4, wherein when the handle is switched from the working state to the storage state, the hard disk unit is moved toward the connector by the pressing force applied by the handle, so that the hard disk unit is inserted into the connector through the insertion port of the hard disk unit;

7. The hard disk drive support according to claim 6, wherein the fixing frame is further provided with a support frame structure, and the support frame structure at least comprises a support frame; one end of the supporting frame is pivoted to the fixed frame through a first pivoting shaft arranged on the fixed frame, and the other end of the supporting frame is pivoted with a second pivoting shaft which is arranged on the handle and is positioned on the other side of the first pivoting shaft relative to the inserting end.

8. The hard disk drive bracket of claim 7, wherein the support frame structure comprises a first elastic member that is disposed on the fixed frame and generates an elastic force on the support frame away from the fixed frame, thereby ejecting the holding end of the handle.

9. The hard disk holder according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a defining rail is provided on the fixing frame, a defining end of the handle opposite to the holding end is defined in the defining rail, and is movable in the rail in a direction of the pull-in connector of the hard disk unit; the position and length of the defined track can define the range of motion of the handle as: the handle is in a set lifting angle in the working state, and the handle can be attached to the fixed frame in the storage state.

10. The hard disk drive holder according to claim 4, wherein an end of the fixing frame near the insertion port is provided with a snap rail through which a snap member body of the snap member can move in a direction of the pull-in connector of the hard disk unit; the buckle part body faces towards one end of the handle is provided with a fastening structure fastened with the end of the handle, and the buckle part body is moved to a fastening position, so that the buckle part body can be fastened with the handle attached to the fixed frame through the fastening structure.

11. The hard disk holder according to claim 10, wherein the catch member includes a second elastic member which is seated on the fixing frame and generates an elastic force toward the catch position to the catch member body.

12. A data processing apparatus, characterized by comprising: the device comprises an equipment frame, a data calculation module and a data storage module;

13. The data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the data storage module is a hard disk module, the hard disk module including a plurality of hard disk units and a hard disk mounting frame for fixing the plurality of hard disk units;

14. The data processing device of claim 13, wherein the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame is disposed with a plurality of back plates protruding from the bottom plate, the back plates are disposed with connectors for data connection and electrical connection with the outside, and the plugging surfaces disposed on the width side and the thickness side of each hard disk unit are plugged with the plugging ports of the connectors on the back plates for data connection and electrical connection with the outside.

15. The data processing device of claim 14, wherein the backplane is perpendicular to a bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame; the hard disk unit is inserted into the connector of the backboard in a mode that the width direction is vertical to the bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame.

16. The data processing device of claim 14, wherein a bottom plate of the hard disk mounting frame is provided with a guide rail matched with the back plate, the length direction of the guide rail is perpendicular to the connector, and the width of the guide rail is matched with the thickness of the hard disk unit.

17. The data processing device of claim 16, wherein a hard disk bracket is mounted on a top surface of the hard disk unit after the hard disk unit is inserted into the insertion opening of the connector on the backplane; the hard disk support includes: a fixed frame, a handle; the fixing frame is a fixing structure arranged on the long thickness side face formed by the length side and the thickness side of the hard disk unit, and the handle is installed on the fixing frame and can provide a holding end convenient to hold from the outside.

18. The data processing device of claim 12, wherein the device frame occupies 4U space in the height direction, wherein the second mounting layer occupies 3U space and the first mounting layer occupies 1U space.

19. The data processing device according to claim 12, wherein a tank chain for accommodating the cable from the connector is arranged at the bottom of the second mounting layer, and the cable from the connector is connected to the external power interface and the data interface of the front panel of the second mounting layer through the tank chain.

20. The data processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second mounting layer is configured to house the hard disk module in a front area and a cooling fan in a rear area.