Magneto-photoelectric hybrid storage system and method and all-in-one machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a magneto-optic-electric hybrid storage system and method and an all-in-one machine, and the system comprises a drive control module, a disc moving execution module, an internal server, a CD driver and a blue light disc storage box module which are disposed in an all-in-one machine main body. The internal server is used for processing the data of the upper-layer server, loading the data to the CD driver, processing the data of the CD driver and returning the data to the upper-layer server; the CD driver is used for recording the blue-ray disc according to the data loaded by the internal server, reading the data in the blue-ray disc and uploading the data to the internal server; and the disc moving execution module is used for moving the optical disc from the blue light disc storage box module to the CD driver according to the motion instruction sent by the driving control module, or moving the optical disc from the CD driver to the blue light disc storage box module. According to the all-in-one machine, the server and the blue-ray disc jukebox can be mixed together through the all-in-one machine structure, the performance of the server is configured according to the performance of the disc jukebox, the cost advantage of the magneto-optic-electric hybrid storage all-in-one machine is increased, the internal server is connected with the upper server, and the distributed storage requirement is met.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of magneto-optical hybrid storage technology, and in particular, to a magneto-optical hybrid storage system, method and integrated machine. Background Art

[0002] Traditionally, hot data is stored in a magnetoelectric manner, while cold data is stored in a magnetic tape or optical manner. The two are separated and independent in the hardware system, and are connected via network cable data communication when in use. In terms of form, it is a combination of a separate Blu-ray disc library and a separate server, which are configured in a standard network cabinet for conversion and storage of hot and cold data. With this configuration, the cost of traditional servers is relatively high, and due to the limitation of the number of optical drive interfaces, it is not possible to achieve a high-performance and high-cost server to drive multiple optical disc libraries, and the configuration performance and cost cannot be maximized.

[0003] Therefore, people in this field are in urgent need of finding a new technical solution to solve the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to overcome the problems existing in the related art, the present invention discloses a magneto-optical hybrid storage system, method and all-in-one machine.

[0005] According to a first aspect of the disclosed embodiment of the present invention, a magneto-optical hybrid storage system is provided, the system comprising: a drive control module, a disk moving execution module, a data processing module and a Blu-ray disk storage cartridge module, the data processing module comprising: an internal server and an optical drive;

[0006] The internal server is electrically connected to the upper server, and is used to process data from the upper server and load the processed data to the optical drive, and to process data from the optical drive and transmit the processed data back to the upper server;

[0007] The optical drive is used to burn a Blu-ray disc according to the data loaded by the internal server, and to read the data in the Blu-ray disc and upload the read data to the internal server;

[0008] The Blu-ray disc storage module is used to store the Blu-ray disc;

[0009] The drive control module is used to send a motion instruction to the disc moving execution module, and the disc moving execution module is used to move the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction, or to move the Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module.

[0010] According to the second aspect of the embodiments disclosed in the present invention, there is provided a magneto-optical hybrid storage all-in-one machine, the all-in-one machine comprising: the magneto-optical hybrid storage system and the all-in-one machine body as described in the first aspect of the embodiments disclosed in the present invention, the drive control module, the disk movement execution module, the data processing module and the Blu-ray disk storage box module are arranged inside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body.

[0011] Optionally, the internal server includes a mainboard, a central processing unit, a memory, a disk, and a disk array card, and the central processing unit, the memory, the disk, and the disk array card are installed on the mainboard.

[0012] Optionally, the all-in-one machine also includes: a power supply module, which includes a 24V~220V, 12V or 5V power supply, 24V~220V is used for the power supply of the drive control module and the disk movement execution module, and 12V and 5V are used for the power supply of the motherboard, disk and optical drive.

[0013] Optionally, the power supply module adopts a dual power supply redundancy design, and the interface of the power supply module includes a main power supply interface and a backup power supply interface;

[0014] One end of the main power interface is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body. One end of the backup power interface is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body.

[0015] Optionally, the internal server and the optical drive are connected via a SAS data cable.

[0016] Optionally, the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module includes a plurality of circular empty slots distributed in an array, each of the circular empty slots being a closed space for storing a Blu-ray disc.

[0017] Optionally, the interface of the disk is a hot-swap interface, one end of the hot-swap interface is connected to the mainboard, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one body.

[0018] Optionally, the all-in-one machine further comprises at least: a Gigabit network port and / or a 10 Gigabit network port, one end of the Gigabit network port is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body, and is used to realize data interaction with an upper-layer server through the Gigabit network port;

[0019] One end of the 10 Gigabit network port is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one main body, and is used to realize data interaction with the upper server through the 10 Gigabit network port.

[0020] According to a third aspect of the disclosed embodiments of the present invention, a magneto-optical hybrid storage method is provided, which is applied to the magneto-optical hybrid storage system according to the first aspect of the disclosed embodiments of the present invention, and the method comprises:

[0021] Processing the data from the upper server through the internal server and loading the processed data into the optical drive;

[0022] Burning a Blu-ray disc by the optical drive according to the data loaded by the internal server;

[0023] Sending a motion instruction to the disk moving execution module through the drive control module;

[0024] The disc moving execution module moves the recorded Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage module according to the movement instruction, so as to store the Blu-ray disc through the Blu-ray disc storage module;

[0025] or,

[0026] Sending a motion instruction to the disk moving execution module through the drive control module;

[0027] The disc moving execution module moves the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction;

[0028] Reading data from a Blu-ray disc through the optical drive, and uploading the read data to the internal server;

[0029] The internal server processes the data from the optical drive and transmits the processed data back to the upper server.

[0030] In summary, the magnetic-optical hybrid storage system, method and integrated device in the embodiments disclosed in the present invention can bring the following beneficial effects:

[0031] 1) The server and the Blu-ray disc library are combined together, and the performance of the server is configured according to the performance required by the disc library. This can not only meet the performance requirements of the Blu-ray disc library, but also greatly reduce the cost of the server, greatly increasing the cost advantage of the rack-mounted magnetic-optical hybrid storage machine;

[0032] 2) The server and Blu-ray drive share a power supply system, which greatly saves space and cost;

[0033] 3) By designing a rack-type magnetic-optical hybrid storage machine, it can be used independently without a network cabinet, and it is also suitable for installation in a standard network cabinet on the market, with flexible usage scenarios;

[0034] 4) Through its own small server (internal server), it can meet its internal read and write cache needs and support multiple optical drives working simultaneously;

[0035] 5) By connecting the internal server with the upper-level server, the distributed storage requirements can be met, high-concurrency burning and reading can be performed, multiple data reading and writing tasks can be executed concurrently, and mutual redundancy can be achieved, greatly increasing the reliability of the entire storage system.

[0036] Other features and advantages disclosed in the present invention will be described in detail in the following detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the following specific embodiments, they are used to explain the present disclosure but do not constitute a limitation of the present disclosure. In the accompanying drawings:

[0038] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a magneto-optical hybrid storage system according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0039] Figure 2 Based on Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a data flow for storing data satisfying a storage policy to a Blu-ray disc is shown;

[0040] Figure 3 Based on Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a data flow in which data stored in a Blu-ray disc is read;

[0041] Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0042] Figure 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0043] like Figure 6 is based on Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing the structure of a magneto-optical hybrid storage device located in a standard network cabinet;

[0044] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of a chassis interface on the back of a magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0045] Figure 8 is based on Figure 7 A partial enlarged view of surface A is shown;

[0046] Fig. 9 is a flow chart of a magneto-optical hybrid storage method according to an exemplary embodiment;

[0047] Fig.10 It is a flow chart of another magneto-optical hybrid storage method according to an exemplary embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] The specific embodiments disclosed in the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present disclosure, and are not used to limit the present disclosure.

[0049] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a magneto-optical hybrid storage system according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 1 As shown, the system 100 includes: a drive control module 110, a disk moving execution module 120, a data processing module 130 and a Blu-ray disk storage module 140. The data processing module 130 includes: an internal server 131 and an optical drive 132. The internal server 131 is electrically connected to the upper server and is used to process data from the upper server and load the processed data to the optical drive 132, and to process data from the optical drive 132 and transmit the processed data back to the upper server. The optical drive 132 is used to The Blu-ray disc is recorded according to the data loaded from the internal server 131, and the data in the Blu-ray disc is read and uploaded to the internal server 131; the Blu-ray disc storage module 140 is used to store the Blu-ray disc; the drive control module 110 is used to send a motion instruction to the disc moving execution module 120, and the disc moving execution module 120 is used to move the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage module 140 to the optical drive 132 according to the motion instruction, or move the Blu-ray disc from the optical drive 132 to the Blu-ray disc storage module 140. In addition, the drive control module 110 also has the functions of optical disc offline and fault self-recovery.

[0050] For example, the disclosed embodiment of the present invention provides a magneto-optical hybrid storage system 100, which can support the reading and writing, caching and data exchange of data in a Blu-ray disc and a server, including obtaining data that meets the storage strategy in an upper-layer server and storing it in a Blu-ray disc, and reading data stored in a Blu-ray disc and uploading it to the upper-layer server. The magneto-optical hybrid storage system 100 includes: a drive control module 110, a disk moving execution module 120, a data processing module 130 and a Blu-ray storage cartridge module 140, the data processing module 130 includes an internal server 131 and an optical drive 132, the internal server 131 is electrically connected to the upper-layer server, the optical drive 132 is electrically connected to the internal server 131 and the Blu-ray storage cartridge module 140 respectively, and the disk moving execution module 120 is electrically connected to the optical drive 132, the Blu-ray storage cartridge module 140 and the drive control module 130 respectively.

[0051] Specifically, Figure 2 Based on Figure 1 A data flow diagram of storing data satisfying a storage strategy on a Blu-ray disc is shown in FIG. Figure 2 As shown, the process of obtaining data satisfying the storage strategy from the upper server and storing it in a Blu-ray disc includes: processing the data from the upper server through the internal server and loading the processed data into the optical drive; burning the Blu-ray disc through the optical drive according to the data loaded from the internal server; sending a motion instruction to the disc moving execution module through the drive control module; and moving the burned Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module through the disc moving execution module according to the motion instruction, so as to store the Blu-ray disc through the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module.

[0052] Figure 3 Based on Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a data flow in which data stored in a Blu-ray disc is read is shown. Figure 3 As shown, the process of reading data stored in a Blu-ray disc and uploading it to an upper server includes: sending a motion instruction to the disc moving execution module through a drive control module; moving the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction through the disc moving execution module; reading the data in the Blu-ray disc through the optical drive, and uploading the read data to an internal server; processing the data from the optical drive through the internal server and transmitting the processed data back to the upper server.

[0053] Figure 4 and Figure 5 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to an exemplary embodiment. Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, the integrated machine includes: a magneto-optical hybrid storage system and an integrated machine body, wherein the drive control module 110, the disk moving execution module 120, the data processing module 130 and the Blu-ray storage cartridge module 140 are arranged inside the chassis of the integrated machine body. The data processing module 130 includes an internal server 131 and an optical drive 132, and the internal server 131 and the optical drive 132 are connected via a SAS data line. The chassis of the integrated machine body includes an upper space and a lower space, wherein the internal server 131 and the drive control module 110 are located in the upper space, and the disk moving execution module 120, the optical drive 132 and the Blu-ray storage cartridge module 140 are located in the lower space. The internal server 131 includes a mainboard, a central processing unit, a memory, a disk, and a disk array card, and the central processing unit, the memory, the disk and the disk array card are installed on the mainboard.

[0054] The width of the magneto-optical hybrid storage device is less than or equal to 450 mm, which is suitable for the current standard network cabinet size. It can be directly installed in the existing standard network cabinet for use (such as Figure 6The installation process is very convenient, the adaptability is strong, and it does not require a network cabinet and can be used alone. The usage scenarios are flexible and varied.

[0055] In addition, if Figure 4-Figure 5 As shown, the magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine also includes a power supply module 150, which is located in the upper space and provides the necessary power for the magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine. The power supply module 150 includes 24V~220V, 12V or 5V power supply, 24V~220V is used for the power supply of the drive control module 110 and the disk movement execution module 120, and 12V and 5V are used for the power supply of the motherboard, disk and optical drive. The power supply of the integrated machine and each internal module can be shared, and the internal wiring harness wiring of the magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine can be optimized, which greatly reduces the space occupied.

[0056] like Figure 7-Figure 8 As shown, the power supply module adopts a dual power supply redundant design, and the interface of the power supply module includes a main power supply interface 810 and a backup power supply interface 820; one end of the main power supply interface 810 is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one body, and one end of the backup power supply interface 820 is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one body.

[0057] In addition, the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module includes a plurality of circular empty slots distributed in an array, each of which is a closed space for storing a Blu-ray disc.

[0058] For example, the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module is mainly used for storing Blu-ray discs, and has a plurality of circular empty slots in an array distributed therein, each of which can hold 12 discs, and the circular empty slots form a closed space.

[0059] The interface of the disk is a hot-swap interface 850, one end of which is connected to the mainboard, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the integrated machine body. It can be seen that according to the configuration requirements of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks, disk array), the number of disks is at least 2 (including 2), that is, the number of hot-swap interfaces 850 is at least 2.

[0060] The magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine also includes at least: any one or more of a Gigabit network port 830 and / or a 10 Gigabit network port 840, one end of the Gigabit network port 830 is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the integrated machine body, and is used to realize data interaction with the upper-level server through the Gigabit network port; one end of the 10 Gigabit network port 840 is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the integrated machine body, and is used to realize data interaction with the upper-level server through the 10 Gigabit network port.

[0061] For example, the data processing module (all-in-one machine) communicates with the upper server using a Gigabit network cable or a 10 Gigabit optical fiber. Figure 8 The Gigabit network port 830 and the 10 Gigabit network port 840 shown are connected to realize data interaction between the upper server and at least one magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine. The number of magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machines that can interact depends on the number of ports and bandwidth of the upper server. It can be applied to distributed storage and has the advantages of multi-concurrent task execution, high response, high-speed transmission and high reliability.

[0062] Fig. 9 is a flow chart of a magneto-optical hybrid storage method according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig. 9 As shown, the magneto-optical hybrid storage system applied to the first aspect of the disclosed embodiment of the present invention comprises:

[0063] In step 901, the data from the upper server is processed by the internal server and the processed data is loaded into the optical drive.

[0064] In step 902, the Blu-ray disc is burned by the optical drive according to the data loaded by the internal server.

[0065] In step 903, a motion instruction is sent to the disk moving execution module through the driving control module.

[0066] In step 904, the disc moving execution module moves the recorded Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage module according to the motion instruction, so that the Blu-ray disc is stored in the Blu-ray disc storage module.

[0067] Fig.10 is a flow chart of another magneto-optical hybrid storage method according to an exemplary embodiment. Fig.10 As shown, the method also includes:

[0068] In step 1001, a motion instruction is sent to a disk moving execution module through a driving control module.

[0069] In step 1002, the Blu-ray disc is moved from the Blu-ray disc storage module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction by the disc moving execution module.

[0070] In step 1003, the data in the Blu-ray disc is read by the optical drive, and the read data is uploaded to the internal server.

[0071] In step 1004, the data from the optical drive is processed by the internal server and the processed data is transmitted back to the upper server.

[0072] In summary, the present invention relates to a magneto-optical hybrid storage system, method and integrated machine, including: a drive control module, a disk moving execution module, an internal server, an optical drive and a Blu-ray storage cartridge module, which are arranged inside the integrated machine body; the internal server is used to process the data of the upper server and load it to the optical drive, process the data of the optical drive and transmit it back to the upper server; the optical drive is used to burn a Blu-ray disc according to the data loaded by the internal server, read the data in the Blu-ray disc and upload it to the internal server; the disk moving execution module is used to move the disc from the Blu-ray storage cartridge module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction sent by the drive control module, or move the disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray storage cartridge module. The server and the Blu-ray disc library can be combined together through the integrated machine structure, the server performance can be configured according to the performance of the optical disc library, the cost advantage of the magneto-optical hybrid storage integrated machine can be increased, and the internal server is connected to the upper server to realize the distributed storage demand.

[0073] The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings; however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details in the above embodiments. Within the technical concept of the present disclosure, a variety of simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0074] It should also be noted that the various specific technical features described in the above specific embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present disclosure will not further describe various possible combinations.

[0075] In addition, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be arbitrarily combined, and as long as they do not violate the concept of the present disclosure, they should also be regarded as the contents disclosed by the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A magneto-optical hybrid storage system, characterized in that: The system comprises: a drive control module, a disk moving execution module, a data processing module and a Blu-ray disk storage module, wherein the data processing module comprises: an internal server and an optical drive; The internal server is electrically connected to the upper server, and is used to process data from the upper server and load the processed data to the optical drive, and to process data from the optical drive and transmit the processed data back to the upper server; The optical drive is used to burn a Blu-ray disc according to the data loaded by the internal server, and to read the data in the Blu-ray disc and upload the read data to the internal server; The Blu-ray disc storage module is used to store the Blu-ray disc; The drive control module is used to send a motion instruction to the disc moving execution module, and the disc moving execution module is used to move the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction, or to move the Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module.

2. A magneto-optical hybrid storage device, characterized in that: The all-in-one machine comprises: the magneto-optical hybrid storage system as claimed in claim 1 and an all-in-one machine body, and the drive control module, disk movement execution module, data processing module and Blu-ray disk storage cartridge module are arranged inside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body.

3. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The internal server comprises a mainboard, a central processing unit, a memory, a disk, and a disk array card, and the central processing unit, the memory, the disk, and the disk array card are installed on the mainboard.

4. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The all-in-one machine also includes: a power supply module, which includes 24V~220V, 12V or 5V power supply, 24V~220V is used for the power supply of the drive control module and the disk movement execution module, and 12V and 5V are used for the power supply of the mainboard, disk and optical drive.

5. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The power supply module adopts a dual power supply redundancy design, and the interface of the power supply module includes a main power supply interface and a backup power supply interface; One end of the main power interface is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body. One end of the backup power interface is connected to the data processing module, the drive control module and the disk moving execution module, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one machine body.

6. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The internal server and the optical drive are connected via a SAS data line.

7. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The Blu-ray disc storage cartridge module comprises a plurality of circular empty slots distributed in an array, each of the circular empty slots is a closed space for storing a Blu-ray disc.

8. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The interface of the disk is a hot-swap interface, one end of which is connected to the mainboard, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the integrated machine body.

9. The magneto-optical hybrid storage device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The integrated machine at least further comprises: a Gigabit network port and / or a 10 Gigabit network port, one end of the Gigabit network port is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the integrated machine body, and is used to realize data interaction with the upper server through the Gigabit network port; One end of the 10 Gigabit network port is connected to the main board, and the other end is arranged outside the chassis of the all-in-one main body, and is used to realize data interaction with the upper server through the 10 Gigabit network port.

10. A magneto-optical hybrid storage method, characterized in that: Applied to the magneto-optical hybrid storage system of claim 1, the method comprises: Processing the data from the upper server through the internal server and loading the processed data into the optical drive; Burning a Blu-ray disc by the optical drive according to the data loaded by the internal server; Sending a motion instruction to the disk moving execution module through the drive control module; The disc moving execution module moves the recorded Blu-ray disc from the optical drive to the Blu-ray disc storage module according to the movement instruction, so as to store the Blu-ray disc through the Blu-ray disc storage module; or, Sending a motion instruction to the disk moving execution module through the drive control module; The disc moving execution module moves the Blu-ray disc from the Blu-ray disc storage module to the optical drive according to the motion instruction; Reading data from a Blu-ray disc through the optical drive, and uploading the read data to the internal server; The internal server processes the data from the optical drive and transmits the processed data back to the upper server.

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