TW202246946A - Server - Google Patents

Abstract

A server includes a chassis, a tray, a hard disk, a bracket and a fan. The chassis includes a bottom plate and two side walls. The side walls stand at two opposite sides of the bottom plate. The bottom plate has a front edge and a rear edge that are opposite to each other and located between the side walls. The tray is slidably disposed on the chassis. The hard disk is disposed on the tray. The bracket is connected to the rear edge of the chassis, and at least part of the bracket is located at a side of the rear edge of the chassis away from the front edge. The fan is disposed on the bracket and electrically connected to the hard disk.

Description

server

The invention relates to a server, in particular to a server in which the fan bracket is located outside the rear of the hard disk case.

As an electronic device provided to multiple users, a server requires multiple hard disks to store a large amount of data. Some manufacturers choose to arrange the hard drives closely in the case to make full use of the space inside the case.

In a conventional practice, a fan is provided at the rear of the rack to dissipate heat inside the chassis. Some manufacturers will choose to install additional fans inside the chassis to enhance the cooling effect on the heat source inside the chassis. However, installing an additional fan inside the chassis will inevitably occupy space for hard disks, resulting in a reduction in the number of hard disks that can be accommodated in the chassis.

The present invention is to provide a server, so that the installation position of the fan does not occupy the inner space of the chassis.

A server disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention includes a hard disk case, a hard disk tray, a hard disk, a fan bracket and a fan. The hard disk case includes a bottom plate and two side walls. The two side walls stand on opposite sides of the base plate. The bottom plate has a front side edge and a rear side edge opposite to each other between the side walls. The hard disk tray is slidably arranged on the hard disk case. The hard disk is arranged on the hard disk tray. The fan bracket is connected to the rear side edge of the hard disk chassis, and the fan bracket is at least partially located at one side of the rear side edge of the hard disk chassis away from the front side edge. The fan is arranged on the fan bracket, and the fan is electrically connected to the hard disk.

According to the server disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiments, by disposing the fan bracket at least partially on the side of the rear side edge away from the front side edge of the hard disk chassis, the fan can be arranged on the fan bracket without excessively occupying the hard disk chassis. Internal space, and can make full use of the space of the hard disk case to accommodate the hard disk.

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

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 4, wherein FIG. Figure 3 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the hard disk layer S drawn out of Figure 2, Figure 4 is a partially enlarged and exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk layer S in Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a schematic diagram It is a partially enlarged and exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk layer S in FIG. 3 .

In this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, the server 1 includes a hard disk layer S. Moreover, the server 1 may further include a rack C and a host layer M. The host layer M is located in the rack C, and the host layer M includes a motherboard chassis 11 and a motherboard 12 . The motherboard chassis 11 is disposed on the rack C. The motherboard 12 is disposed in the motherboard case 11 . The hard disk layer S is located in the rack C and below the host layer M. The hard disk layer S includes a hard disk case 100 , a hard disk tray 200 , a plurality of hard disks 300 , a circuit board 400 , a fan bracket 500 and a plurality of fans 600 . The hard disk chassis 100 is disposed on the rack C. As shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the hard disk enclosure 100 includes a bottom plate 110 and two side walls 120 . The side walls 120 stand on opposite sides of the bottom plate 110 . The bottom plate 110 has a front side edge 111 and a rear side edge 112 opposite to each other between the side walls 120 . The hard disk tray 200 is slidably disposed on the hard disk case 100 and can be pulled out of the rack C at least partially.

In this embodiment, the hard disk 300 is disposed on the hard disk tray 200 . In detail, in this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, the hard disk layer S of the server 1 may further include a hard disk backplane 700 , a plurality of bosses 800 and a plurality of hard disk carriers 900 . The hard disk backplane 700 is fixed on the hard disk tray 200 . The hard disk backplane 700 has a plurality of first connectors 710 and a plurality of second connectors 720 . The number of the first connectors 710 is, for example, seven. The number of the second connectors 720 is, for example, sixteen, and they are located on opposite sides of the first connector 710 . The protrusions 800 are disposed on the hard disk tray 200 and located on opposite sides of the hard disk backplane 700 . The number of hard disk carriers 900 is, for example, sixteen. Each hard disk carrier 900 has a plurality of slots 910 . The hard disk carrier 900 is engaged with the boss 800 through the slot 910 . The number of hard disks 300 is, for example, twenty-three. The twenty-three hard disks 300 are densely arranged in the hard disk enclosure 100 to form a bunch of disks (JBOD, just a bunch of disks). The twenty-three hard disks 300 can be divided into two groups, the number of the first group of hard disks 300 can be seven, and the number of the second group of hard disks 300 can be sixteen. The seven hard disks 300 of the first group are directly disposed on the first connector 710 to be relatively fixed on the hard disk tray 200 , and are electrically connected to the hard disk backplane 700 through the first connector 710 . The sixteen hard disks 300 of the second group are disposed on the hard disk carrier 900 . The user can push the hard disk 300 and the hard disk carrier 900 , and the hard disk 300 is relatively fixed on the hard disk tray 200 through the hard disk carrier 900 engaging the boss 800 on the hard disk tray 200 . Moreover, after the hard disk 300 and the hard disk carrier 900 are pushed to the position, the hard disk 300 can be electrically connected to the hard disk backplane 700 through the second connector 720 .

In this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, the motherboard 12 is electrically connected to the hard disk 300 through the line L through the front side edge 111 of the hard disk chassis 100 . The circuit board 400 is disposed on the hard disk case 100 , and as shown in FIG. 3 , the circuit board 400 is closer to the rear side edge 112 than the front side edge 111 . The circuit board 400 is electrically connected to the hard disk 300 . Specifically, the hard disk layer S may further include a cable management frame 1000 and a cable 1100 . The cable management frame 1000 includes a first frame body 1010a, a second frame body 1010b and a third frame body 1010c. The first frame body 1010 a is pivotally disposed on the hard disk tray 200 . The second frame body 1010b is pivotably connected between the first frame body 1010a and the third frame body 1010c. The third frame body 1010c is pivotally disposed on the hard disk chassis 100 . The sliding of the hard disk tray 200 drives the pivoting of the first frame body 1010 a , the second frame body 1010 b , and the third frame body 1010 c to fold or unfold the cable management frame 1000 . The cable 1100 is disposed on the cable management frame 1000 and connected to the hard disk backplane 700 and the circuit board 400 . The hard disk 300 is electrically connected to the circuit board 400 through the cable 1100 . Thereby, the hard disk tray 200 can be prevented from pulling the cable 1100 when sliding relative to the hard disk case 100 and affecting the electrical connection between the hard disk 300 and the circuit board 400 . Moreover, the circuit board 400 is located between at least part of the cable management frame 1000 and the bottom plate 110, so that when the cable management frame 1000 is folded, the cable management frame 1000 can be accommodated in the space above the circuit board 400 without occupying the hard disk 300 setting space.

In this embodiment, the fan bracket 500 is connected to the rear side edge 112 of the hard disk chassis 100, and as shown in FIGS. 111 on one side. The fan 600 is disposed on the fan bracket 500 . Through such arrangement, the fan 600 does not occupy the inner space of the hard disk chassis 100 excessively, but can fully utilize the space of the hard disk chassis 100 to accommodate the hard disk 300 . Moreover, in this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, by arranging the motherboard 12 and the hard disk 300 on different layers of the rack C, it is possible to prevent the motherboard 12 from occupying the hard disk inside the hard disk chassis 100. 300 spaces. However, the location of the host layer M is not limited to the above. In some embodiments, the host layer and the hard disk layer may also be located in different racks.

In this embodiment, the fan 600 is electrically connected to the hard disk 300 . In detail, in this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, each fan 600 includes a casing 610 and a fan blade 620 . The casing 610 is disposed on the fan bracket 500 . The blade portion 620 is disposed in the casing 610 . The hard disk layer S may further include an adapter board 1200 . The adapter board 1200 is connected between the casing 610 and the circuit board 400 . The adapter plate 1200 is substantially parallel to the direction of the air flow of the blade portion 620 so as to reduce the obstruction of the cooling air flow. The adapter board 1200 has a plurality of connection terminals 1210 . The connecting terminal 1210 is, for example, a golden finger. The circuit board 400 has a plurality of sockets 410 . The connection terminal 1210 is inserted into the slot 410 , and the insertion direction of the connection terminal 1210 is substantially the same as the direction of the air flow of the fan blade 620 , so as to further reduce the obstruction of the cooling air flow. The blade portion 620 of the fan 600 is electrically connected to the circuit board 400 and the hard disk 300 through the connection terminal 1210 of the adapter board 1200 , and the speed of the fan 600 can be adjusted according to the speed of the hard disk 300 to generate an appropriate cooling airflow for the hard disk 300 .

In this embodiment and some embodiments of the present invention, the hard disk layer S may further include a switch 1300 . The switch 1300 is disposed on the hard disk tray 200 . The switch 1300 is electrically connected to the hard disk 300 through the hard disk backplane 700 . The sliding of the hard disk tray 200 relative to the hard disk chassis 100 drives the switch 1300 to abut against or separate from the hard disk chassis 100 . When the hard disk tray 200 is pulled out of the hard disk case 100, the switch 1300 will be separated from the hard disk case 100 and will not be in contact. At this time, the speed of the hard disk 300 can be lowered and the speed of the fan 600 can be increased to reduce the speed of the hard disk 300. The generated heat enhances the cooling air flow of the fan 600, thereby preventing the hard disk 300 from overheating.

According to the server of the above-mentioned embodiment, by arranging the fan bracket at least partially on the side of the rear side edge away from the front side edge of the hard disk chassis, the fan can be arranged on the fan bracket without excessively occupying the inner space of the hard disk chassis , and can make full use of the space of the hard disk chassis to accommodate the hard disk.

In some embodiments, the server may further include an adapter board. The adapter plate is connected between the casing and the circuit board, and is substantially parallel to the direction of the air flow of the fan blade, so as to reduce the resistance to the cooling air flow.

In some embodiments, the adapter board has connection terminals, and the circuit board has slots. The connection terminals are inserted into the slots, and the insertion direction of the connection terminals is substantially the same as the direction of the air flow of the fan blade, so as to further reduce the obstruction of the cooling air flow.

In some embodiments, the rotation speed of the fan can be adjusted according to the rotation speed of the hard disk or the potential of the switch to generate proper cooling air flow for the hard disk.

Although the present invention is disclosed above with the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with similar skills may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The scope of patent protection for inventions shall be defined in the scope of patent application attached to this specification.

1: Server C: Rack M: host layer 11: Motherboard chassis 12: Motherboard L: line S: hard disk layer 100: hard disk chassis 110: Bottom plate 111: front side edge 112: Rear side edge 120: side wall 200: HDD tray 300: hard disk 400: circuit board 410: slot 500: Fan bracket 600: fan 610: shell 620: fan blade 700: hard disk backplane 710: first connector 720: Second connector 800: convex column 900: Hard disk carrier 910: card slot 1000: cable management rack 1010a: The first frame 1010b: second frame body 1010c: The third body 1100: cable 1200: Adapter board 1210: connection terminal 1300: switch

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a hard disk layer of the server in FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the pulled out hard disk layer in FIG. 2 . FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged and exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk layer in FIG. 2 . FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged and exploded schematic diagram of the hard disk layer in FIG. 3 .

L: line

S: hard disk layer

100: hard disk chassis

110: Bottom plate

111: front side edge

112: Rear side edge

120: side wall

200: HDD tray

300: hard disk

400: circuit board

410: slot

500: Fan bracket

600: fan

900: Hard disk carrier

1000: cable management rack

1010a: The first frame

1010b: second frame body

1010c: The third body

1100: cable

1200: Adapter board

1300: switch

Claims (10)

A server, comprising: a hard disk case, including a base plate and two side walls, the two side walls stand on opposite sides of the base plate, the base plate has a relative front side edge and a rear side between the two side walls side edge; a hard disk tray, slidably arranged on the hard disk chassis; a hard disk, arranged on the hard disk tray; a fan bracket, connected to the rear edge of the hard disk chassis, and the fan bracket The frame is at least partly located at one side of the rear edge of the hard disk case away from the front edge; and a fan is arranged on the fan bracket and electrically connected to the hard disk. The server as described in claim item 1 further comprises a frame, a main board case, a main board and a circuit board, wherein the main board case and the hard disk case are arranged on the rack, and the main board is arranged on The motherboard casing, the motherboard is electrically connected to the hard disk, the circuit board is arranged in the hard disk casing and is closer to the rear edge than the front edge, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the hard disk and the fan. The server as described in claim 2 further includes a cable management frame and a cable, wherein the cable management frame includes a plurality of frames connected in sequence, and adjacent two of these frames are pivotable to each other These frames are pivotally arranged on the hard disk tray and the hard disk case, and the sliding of the hard disk tray drives the pivoting of these frames to fold or unfold the cable management frame. On the cable management frame, the hard disk is electrically connected to the circuit board through the cable, and the circuit board is located between at least part of the cable management frame and the bottom plate. The server as described in claim 2 further includes an adapter board, wherein the fan includes a casing and a fan blade, the casing is arranged on the fan bracket, and the fan blade is arranged in the casing, The adapter plate is connected between the housing and the circuit board, the adapter plate is substantially parallel to the direction of the air flow of the fan blade, and the fan blade is electrically connected to the circuit board through the adapter plate. The server according to claim 4, wherein the adapter board has a plurality of connection terminals, the circuit board has a plurality of slots, the connection terminals are inserted into the slots, and the insertion directions of the connection terminals are substantially the same The direction of the air flow on the blade portion is generated, and the blade portion is electrically connected to the circuit board through the connection terminals of the adapter board. The server according to claim 5, wherein the connection terminals are golden fingers. The server as described in claim 1 further includes a switch, wherein the switch is arranged on the hard disk tray, the switch is electrically connected to the hard disk, and the sliding of the hard disk tray relative to the hard disk chassis drives the switch Push against or separate from the hard disk case. The server as described in claim 1 further includes a hard disk backplane and a hard disk carrier, wherein the hard disk backplane and the hard disk carrier are arranged on the hard disk tray, and the hard disk is arranged on the on the hard disk carrier, and the hard disk is electrically connected to the hard disk backplane. The server as described in claim 8 further includes a boss, wherein the boss is arranged on the hard disk tray, the hard disk carrier has a slot, and the hard disk carrier is engaged in the slot through the slot The boss. The server according to claim 1, wherein the number of the hard disks is 23, and the hard disks form a cluster disk.

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