Hard disk copying device
By designing the motherboard and conversion board of the hard disk copy device, the number of interfaces of the solid state drive is expanded, and the problem that existing hard disk copy machines cannot support simultaneous copying of multiple solid state drives is solved, achieving efficient and fast multiple solid state drive copying.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420580645.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-03-25
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-03-25
AI Technical Summary
Existing hard disk copy machines cannot support simultaneous copying of multiple solid-state drives, and the interface is limited and the copy speed is slow, which can easily lead to copy errors and high repair costs.
A hard disk copy device is designed, including a motherboard and a conversion board. The motherboard has an M.2 interface and a PCIE interface. The conversion board is a PCIE to M.2 conversion card. The number of interfaces is expanded through the conversion board, and it supports simultaneous copying of multiple solid-state drives.
The simultaneous copying of multiple solid-state drives is realized, which improves copy efficiency and speed, and reduces operational errors and repair costs.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technology, and in particular to a hard disk copying device. Background Art
[0002] Before testing at each stage of the project, you need to prepare a lot of solid-state drives (SSDs) with systems installed for testing. Usually, the system is loaded into one SSD and copied to other SSDs through a hard disk copier. However, hard disk copiers on the market have few interfaces and cannot support simultaneous copying of multiple SSDs. Summary of the invention
[0003] The present disclosure provides a hard disk copying device to at least solve the above technical problems existing in the prior art.
[0004] According to the hardware copy device provided by the present disclosure, the device includes a main board and a conversion board, the main board includes at least one first type interface and one second type interface, and the conversion board includes at least one first type interface and one second type interface;
[0005] The second type interface of the mainboard is connected to the second type interface of the conversion board, and each of the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board is used to connect a solid state drive;
[0006] In at least one first type interface included in the mainboard, each first type interface is used to connect a solid state drive;
[0007] The solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the main board serves as a master disk or a child disk during the copying process; the solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board serves as a child disk during the copying process.
[0008] In the above embodiment, the first type of interface includes an M.2 interface, and the second type of interface includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) interface;
[0009] The conversion board includes a PCIE to M.2 conversion card.
[0010] In the above embodiment, the conversion board includes four first type interfaces, and can connect up to four solid state hard disks as sub-disks.
[0011] In the above embodiment, the mainboard includes three first type interfaces, which can connect up to three solid state drives.
[0012] In the above embodiment, the mainboard further includes a third type interface;
[0013] The device with storage function is connected to the mainboard based on the third type interface, and the device with storage function stores system files for running the copy application program.
[0014] In the above embodiment, at least one solid state drive connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board is directly connected to the second type interface of the mainboard based on the second type interface of the conversion board to transmit data with the mainboard.
[0015] In the above embodiment, the electronic device corresponding to the mainboard includes a first mother disk;
[0016] The first mother disk is used to transmit data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval;
[0017] The at least one target sub-disk includes at least one of a solid state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the mainboard and a solid state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board.
[0018] In the above embodiment, in response to the first solid-state hard disk in the solid-state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the mainboard being used as a master disk, the master disk is used to transmit data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval;
[0019] The at least one target sub-disk includes at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the mainboard except the first solid-state hard disk, and at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the conversion board.
[0020] In the above embodiment, the device corresponds to a copy application;
[0021] The copy application is used to confirm the master disk and the target sub-disk;
[0022] The copy application is also used to display copy status information.
[0023] In the above embodiment, the copy application is also used for:
[0024] Record and display copy logs;
[0025] Confirm the master disk and its identification;
[0026] Confirm the sub-disk and its identification.
[0027] The hard disk copying device disclosed in the present invention comprises a mainboard and a conversion board, wherein the mainboard comprises at least one first type interface and one second type interface, and the conversion board comprises at least one first type interface and one second type interface; the second type interface of the mainboard is connected to the second type interface of the conversion board, and each of the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board is used to connect a solid state hard disk; each of the at least one first type interface included in the mainboard is used to connect a solid state hard disk; the solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the mainboard serves as a master disk or a child disk during the copying process; the solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board serves as a child disk during the copying process. By expanding the mainboard through the conversion board, multiple solid state hard disks can be externally connected to achieve simultaneous copying of multiple solid state hard disks.
[0028] It should be understood that the content described in this section is not intended to identify the key or important features of the embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become easily understood through the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will become readily understood by reading the detailed description below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings, several embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in an exemplary and non-limiting manner, in which:
[0030] In the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals represent the same or corresponding parts.
[0031] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a mainboard optional process of a hardware copying device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;
[0032] Figure 2 A schematic diagram showing an optional process flow of a conversion board of a hardware copying device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown;
[0033] Figure 3 The running interface of the copy application provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0034] In order to make the purpose, features, and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
[0035] In the following description, reference is made to “some embodiments”, which describe a subset of all possible embodiments, but it can be understood that “some embodiments” may be the same subset or different subsets of all possible embodiments and may be combined with each other without conflict.
[0036] In the following description, the terms "first\second" involved are merely used to distinguish similar objects and do not represent a specific ordering of the objects. It can be understood that "first\second" can be interchanged with a specific order or sequence where permitted, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein can be implemented in an order other than that illustrated or described herein.
[0037] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used in this disclosure have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The terms used in this disclosure are only for the purpose of describing the embodiments of this disclosure and are not intended to limit this disclosure.
[0038] It should be understood that in the various embodiments of the present disclosure, the size of the serial number of each implementation process does not mean the order of execution. The execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0039] Before testing at each stage of the project, we need to prepare many SSDs with systems installed for testing. Usually, the system is first loaded into an SSD, and then copied to other SSDs through a hard disk duplicator. However, the duplicators on the market have few SSD interfaces and the copying speed is relatively slow. When copying multiple SSDs, the copying efficiency is low (one copy is required). Industrial duplicators have many interfaces, but the positions of the mother and child disk interfaces are fixed. If the mother and child disks are inserted into the wrong interfaces, copying errors will occur. Industrial duplicators are expensive. If they are not operated properly, the duplicators will be damaged and the maintenance cost will be high.
[0040] In view of the defects existing in the related art, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hardware copy device to at least solve part or all of the above technical problems.
[0041] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a mainboard optional flow chart of a hardware copying device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, and an explanation will be given according to each step. Figure 2 A schematic diagram of an optional flow chart of a conversion board of a hardware copying device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.
[0042] The main board includes at least one first type interface, namely interface 2 (SSD1), interface 4 (SSD2) and interface 5 (SSD3), and a second type interface 3; the conversion board 10 includes at least one first type interface, namely interface 6 (SSD4), interface 7 (SSD5), interface 8 (SSD6) and interface 9 (SSD7), and a second type interface.
[0043] The second type interface 3 of the mainboard is connected to the second type interface of the conversion board. Among the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board, each first type interface is used to connect a solid state drive; that is, interface 6 (SSD4), interface 7 (SSD5), interface 8 (SSD6) and interface 9 (SSD7) are respectively connected to an external SSD. Among the at least one first type interface included in the mainboard, each first type interface is used to connect a solid state drive; that is, interface 2 (SSD1), interface 4 (SSD2) and interface 5 (SSD3) are respectively connected to an external SSD.
[0044] The solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the main board serves as a master disk or a child disk during the copying process; the solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board serves as a child disk during the copying process.
[0045] That is to say, the solid-state hard drives connected to interfaces 2, 4, and 5 can be used as master disks to copy data to other SSDs, or as slave disks to receive data copied from the master disks; but the solid-state hard drives connected to interfaces 6, 7, 8, and 9 can only be used as slave disks to receive data copied from the master disks.
[0046] In some embodiments, the second type of interface includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) interface, namely, PCIEx16SLOT; the first type of interface includes an M.2 interface; and the conversion board may be a PCIEx16 to M.2 adapter card.
[0047] When used, the conversion board 10 can be inserted into the second type interface of the main board.
[0048] In some embodiments, the number of the first type interfaces included in the conversion board and the number of the first type interfaces included in the main board can be set according to actual needs.
[0049] In some embodiments, the conversion board includes four first type interfaces, and can connect up to four solid state hard disks as sub-disks. The main board includes three first type interfaces, and can connect up to three solid state hard disks.
[0050] That is to say, if all the first type interfaces of the main board and the conversion board are connected to the solid state hard disk, it can support copying data to 6 sub-disks at the same time.
[0051] In some embodiments, the mainboard further includes a third type interface, a device having a storage function ( Figure 1 In the mark 1), based on the third type interface connected to the mainboard, the device with storage function stores system files for running the copy application. The device with storage function can be a system USB disk.
[0052] In some embodiments, at least one solid-state drive connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board is directly connected to a second type interface of the mainboard based on a second type interface of the conversion board to transmit data with the mainboard.
[0053] That is, the SSD connected to the interface 6, the interface 7, the interface 8 and the interface 9 on the conversion board 10 is directly connected to the PCIEx16 SLOT of the mainboard based on the PCIE interface of the conversion board.
[0054] In some embodiments, during the copying process, a first mother disk can be externally connected based on any one of interface 2, interface 4 and interface 5; or the SSD in the electronic device corresponding to the motherboard can be determined as the first mother disk; the first mother disk is used to transfer data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval; the at least one target sub-disk includes a solid-state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the motherboard, and at least one of the solid-state hard disks connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board.
[0055] In some embodiments, in response to a first solid-state hard disk in at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface included in the mainboard being used as a master disk, the master disk is used to transfer data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval.
[0056] Specifically, if any one of interface 2, interface 4 and interface 5 is externally connected to a first mother disk, then within the first viewing angle interval, the first mother disk transmits data to other first type interfaces on the mainboard, and / or a solid state hard disk connected to a first type interface indicated on the conversion board.
[0057] Among them, the at least one target sub-disk includes at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the mainboard other than the first solid-state hard disk, and at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the conversion board.
[0058] In some embodiments, the device corresponds to a copy application program, and the copy application program runs in an electronic device corresponding to the hard disk copy device, or runs in a system USB disk.
[0059] Figure 3 The running interface of the copy application provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.
[0060] like Figure 3As shown, the running interface of the copy application includes a user manual icon, a disk management icon and a log icon.
[0061] When the user book icon is triggered, the user manual is displayed; when the disk management icon is triggered, the solid state hard disk identifier currently connected to the main board and the conversion board is displayed; when the log icon is triggered, the copy log is displayed.
[0062] like Figure 3 As shown, the running interface of the copy application also includes a mother disk selection area, and the mother disk in the copy process is confirmed according to the drop-down menu.
[0063] The running interface of the copy application also includes a sub-disk selection area, and the sub-disk in the copy process can be confirmed by checking.
[0064] The running interface of the copy application also includes a copy status display area for displaying the copy progress and status during the copy process.
[0065] In this way, through the hard disk copying device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the number of external SSDs can be increased to achieve one-to-many simultaneous copying; in addition, the SSD external to the conversion board can be directly connected to the PCIE of the CPU (or motherboard), which can increase the data transmission rate of the external SSD; at the same time, in combination with the copy application for copying, the master disk and child disk can be customized, and the copy status can be monitored in real time.
[0066] In some embodiments, the workflow of the hard disk copying device is as follows:
[0067] First, insert 4 M.2SSDs into the PCIEx16 to M.2 conversion board, and then insert the conversion board into the PCIEx16 slot on the motherboard; insert the M.2 slot on the motherboard into the SSD. The SSD directly connected to the motherboard can be used as both the mother disk and the child disk. Then insert a USB flash drive with the system to run the copy application. After booting into the system, open the DiskDuplicator software (copy application), click the Disk Management button to view all disk information, confirm the mother disk and child disk, and select the mother disk and child disk in the software, click the Start button, and the software will perform a logical judgment on whether the mother disk conflicts with the child disk. If the mother disk and the child disk conflict in capacity and drive letter, an error will be reported and returned. If there is no conflict, the software will start to format the child disk and copy the data in the mother disk to the child disk.
[0068] The logic determines whether there is a conflict between the master disk and the slave disk, and a conflict includes that an SSD is set as a master disk and a slave disk at the same time.
[0069] In some embodiments, the workflow may further include: inserting the Disk Source and the target Disk into the computer through the motherboard, an identifier, etc.; running the copy application, and viewing the currently connected SSD information through the disk management icon.
[0070] It should be understood that the various forms of processes shown above can be used to reorder, add or delete steps. For example, the steps recorded in this disclosure can be executed in parallel, sequentially or in different orders, as long as the desired results of the technical solutions disclosed in this disclosure can be achieved, and this document does not limit this.
[0071] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.
[0072] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure, which should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.
Claims
1. A hard disk copying device, characterized in that: The device comprises a main board and a conversion board, the main board comprises at least one first type interface and one second type interface, the conversion board comprises at least one first type interface and one second type interface; The second type interface of the mainboard is connected to the second type interface of the conversion board, and each of the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board is used to connect a solid state drive; In at least one first type interface included in the mainboard, each first type interface is used to connect a solid state drive; The solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the main board serves as a master disk or a child disk during the copying process; the solid state hard disk connected to the at least one first type interface included in the conversion board serves as a child disk during the copying process.
2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The first type of interface includes an M.2 interface, and the second type of interface includes a peripheral component interconnect high-speed PCIE interface; The conversion board includes a PCIE to M.2 conversion card.
3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The conversion board includes four first type interfaces, and can connect up to four solid state hard disks as sub-disks.
4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The mainboard includes three first type interfaces, which can connect up to three solid state drives.
5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The mainboard also includes a third type interface; The device with storage function is connected to the mainboard based on the third type interface, and the device with storage function stores system files for running the copy application program.
6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that At least one solid state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board is directly connected to the second type interface of the mainboard based on the second type interface of the conversion board to transmit data with the mainboard.
7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The electronic device corresponding to the mainboard includes a first mother disk; The first mother disk is used to transmit data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval; The at least one target sub-disk includes at least one of a solid state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the mainboard and a solid state hard disk connected to at least one first type interface on the conversion board.
8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that In response to a first solid-state hard disk in at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface included in the mainboard being used as a master disk, the master disk is used to transmit data to at least one target sub-disk within a first time interval; The at least one target sub-disk includes at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the mainboard except the first solid-state hard disk, and at least one solid-state hard disk connected to a first type interface on the conversion board.
9. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that The device corresponds to a copy application; The copy application is used to confirm the master disk and the target sub-disk; The copy application is also used to display copy status information.
10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that The copy application is also used to: Record and display copy logs; Confirm the master disk and its identification; Confirm the sub-disk and its identification.