CN1869880A - Safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and a method thereof are mainly realized by the following measures; the storage units are connected with the control unit, and the control unit is connected with the external control end. When the installation is executed, the information of installation, driving program and formatting of each storage unit and the control unit is detected, the information is stored in the control end, when the access selection is executed, the storage unit appointed to execute the access data is selected, the control unit controls the electronic switch to start the power supply and the data transmission line, the storage unit executes the access operation according to the input storage or reading instruction of the control end, and when the storage unit is not used, the power supply is closed. Therefore, the problems of synchronous conduction, power consumption, high noise, greenhouse heat effect caused by easy heating and the like are improved.

Description

Safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and method thereof

technical field

The present invention relates to a safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and its method, in particular to such a safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and its method, that is, the storage unit of the system is powered off when not in use, so as to save Electricity, low noise and not easy to generate heat.

Background technique

In the prior art, usually in data storage applications with a large amount of data but not frequently read, such as security and surveillance system applications, most of the audio and video data files recorded by cameras are recorded by video equipment and video tapes. storage. But the known video recording equipment and video tapes are not only expensive, but also cannot provide high-capacity data recording and storage. In addition, the inconvenience and other problems caused by the need to change the video tapes at any time by personnel need to be played one by one. Time-consuming viewing of recorded content to find the desired piece of data.

At present, as the price of the computer system and its peripheral storage unit is getting lower and lower, and the capacity of the peripheral storage unit is increasing day by day, the computer system and its peripheral storage unit have gradually replaced the known video recording equipment and video tape to store the above-mentioned data. However, even when not in use (storing or reading), a plurality of storage units that are connected to the computer system to store monitoring video and audio data are all in a power-on state, so that each storage unit is continuously operating, which not only consumes The power supply is used, and the storage unit (such as a hard disk) will generate noise and heat sources during operation, and the heat sources will accumulate to form a greenhouse effect. Therefore, it is necessary to configure a high-efficiency heat dissipation device. Issues such as wiring and heat dissipation device power consumption and energy consumption. The long-term continuous operation of the storage device will easily cause the wear of the rotating shaft and shorten the service life.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned defects in the prior art. The invention utilizes the control program design of the control terminal, and controls multiple electronic switches through the control unit to connect multiple storage units. When it is necessary to store or read data, the control terminal turns on or activates one of the specified storage units through the control unit to perform access operations, and when the storage unit is not in use, its power is turned off. In this way, for a storage system with a large amount of data but not frequently read, the effects of power saving, low noise and low heat generation are achieved.

In order to achieve the above object, the safe and power-saving hard disk storage system and method thereof of the present invention are mainly realized through the following measures: multiple storage units are connected to the control unit, and the control unit is connected to the external control terminal. The installation, driver and formatting information of each storage unit and control unit, and store this information in the control terminal. When performing access selection, select the storage unit designated to perform access data, and the control unit controls the electronic switch to start Power supply and data transmission line, the storage unit performs access operations according to the storage or read instructions input from the control terminal, and the power supply is turned off when the storage unit is not in use.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a control unit according to a specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the installation schematic diagram of the storage unit of the specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a software control flow chart of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Description of main component symbols:

Control Terminal 1 Disk Storage System 2

Chassis 3 Control Unit 21

Storage Unit 22 Power Outlet 23

Power On Indicator 24 Access Indicator 25

Connection Port 26 Microprocessor 211

USB-HUB interface 212 USB-SATA conversion interface 213

Electronic switch 214 Process steps 500～504

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 are respectively a system architecture diagram of a specific embodiment of the present invention, an architecture diagram of a control unit, and an installation diagram of a storage unit. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , the safe and power-saving hard disk storage system of the present invention includes: a control terminal 1 and a disk storage system 2 connected to the control terminal 1 . The nature of the connection between the disk storage system 2 and the control terminal 1 is between online (Online) and offline (Offline), so as to form a storage control system with high power saving efficiency, low noise and low heat source, and it is applied to large data volume but Storage and reading applications that are not frequently read (for example, home and military environments captured by surveillance systems, meeting records, and images captured by TV stations, etc.).

The control terminal 1 is an application computer device, and establishes the transmission of control signals with the disk storage system 2 through a connection interface (such as a USB2.0 interface), and can further use the same USB2.0 interface to simulate RS232 to transmit control signals.

The disk storage system 2 includes a control unit 21 and a plurality of electronic switches 214 controlled by the control unit 21. Each electronic switch corresponds to a storage unit 22 to connect and control whether it is turned on or not.

The control unit 21 further includes: a microprocessor 211; a USB-HUB interface 212 connected to the microprocessor 211, which connects the adjacent disk storage system 2 with the signal of the control terminal 1; a USB-SATA conversion interface 213, which The conversion output of USB and SATA signal is connected with a plurality of storage units 22; An electronic switch 214 provides configuration and interface slots (not shown).

A plurality of storage units 22 are collectively arranged in the chassis 3 and can be stacked and connected for expansion. At the same time, each storage unit 22 has an independent power socket 23 , a power-on indicator light 24 , an access indicator light 25 and a connection port 26 . Preferably, the connection port 26 is a connection port of a SATA interface.

Since a plurality of storage units 22 are connected separately corresponding to a plurality of electronic switches 214 of the control unit 21, the software program of the control terminal 1 activates one of the electronic switches 214 according to the command to turn on the power supply of one of the storage units 22, thereby Perform a data store or read. Turn off its power supply when not in use to provide a storage control system with high power saving efficiency, low noise and low heat source. At the same time, the unused storage unit 22 will not be turned on, so that it can avoid continuous operation, reduce the wear of the rotating shaft, and prolong its service life.

As shown in Figure 4, it is the control method of the safe and power-saving hard disk storage system according to the present invention. After the installation and signal connection of the control terminal 1, the control unit 21 and the storage unit 22 are completed, the following steps are also performed:

Execute installation step 500, detect in this step the installation of each storage unit 22 and control unit 21, including detecting the interface position, brand, capacity and its power supply, data line connection test, driver, whether the storage unit 22 is connected be formatted, etc., perform formatting on the unformatted storage unit 22 first, and store the above-mentioned installation data in the control terminal 1, and check whether the operation of the system after power-on is normal;

Execute the access selection step 502, in this step, select the storage unit 22 that is designated to perform access data in real time, and start the control unit 21 by issuing a start command through the control terminal 1, so as to control the electronic switch 214 to conduct the specified storage unit 22. Power and data transmission lines;

Data access step 504 , in this step, the storage unit 22 activated by the above-mentioned conduction performs an access operation according to a storage or read command input from the control terminal 1 .

When performing the data storage operation in the above-mentioned data access step 504, if the capacity of the storage unit 22 is full, the control terminal 1 will control to cut off its power supply and the connection of the transmission line, and switch to start another designated storage unit 22 to continue execution Data storage operations.

Since the plurality of storage units 22 are in the closed state of the power supply and the transmission line connection when the access operation is not performed, any access operation cannot be performed, thus achieving the safe storage effect of preventing computer hackers from stealing or destroying data.

The above only describes the preferred implementations of the present invention, and these preferred implementations are not intended to limit the implementation scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention are within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A safe and power-saving hard disk storage system, comprising: control unit; a plurality of electronic switches disposed on the control unit; and A plurality of storage units respectively connected to the electronic switches, wherein the control unit controls the plurality of electronic switches to control the conduction of the power supply of the storage units and the transmission line. 2. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is connected to an external control terminal, and the control terminal is a computer device. 3. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further comprises: microprocessor; At least one USB-HUB interface connected to the microprocessor is used to connect adjacent disk storage systems and control terminal signals; USB-SATA conversion interface, used to output the conversion result of USB and SATA signals to the specified storage unit for operation; The circuit substrate is used to configure the microprocessor, USB-HUB interface, USB-SATA conversion interface and multiple electronic switches and provide interface slots. 4. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage system according to claim 1, wherein each of the storage units has an independent power socket, a power-on indicator light, an access indicator light and a connection port. 5. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage system according to claim 4, wherein the connection port of the storage unit is a SATA interface connection port. 6. A safe and power-saving hard disk storage system, comprising: Control terminal; control unit; a plurality of electronic switches disposed on the control unit; A plurality of storage units respectively connected to the electronic switch, wherein the control unit controls the electronic switch to control the power supply of the storage unit and the conduction of the transmission line. 7. A safe and power-saving hard disk storage system control method, comprising: a) Select any storage unit designated to perform data access, and the control unit controls the electronic switch to turn on the power supply and data transmission line of the selected storage unit; b) The storage unit that is turned on executes an access operation according to the storage and read instructions input from the control terminal. 8. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage method according to claim 7, said method further comprising: detecting information such as installation, driver and formatting of each storage unit and control unit, and storing said information in said Control terminal. 9. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage method according to claim 7, the method further comprising: storing the installation data of the storage unit and the control unit in the control terminal, and checking that the system operates after power-on Is it normal. 10. The safe and power-saving hard disk storage method according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: disconnecting power supplies and transmission lines of storage units not designated to perform data access operations.

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