Storage control device having two I/O control units each having two or more AC/DC power supply devices supplied by least three AC power supplies

A storage device comprising:

• a first I/O control unit including a channel control unit coupled to an information processing device and receiving a data I/O request from the information processing device, a disk control unit connected with one or more HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) storing data and reading/writing data from/to the HDDs according to the data I/O request and a cache memory for storing data communicated between the channel control unit and the disk control unit;
• a second I/O control unit whose current consumption is approximately equal to that of the first I/O control unit;
• the HDDs;
• a first AC/DC (Alternating-Current/Direct-Current) power supply device including three AC-DC conversion units corresponding to three phases of three-phase AC power for converting the AC power of each phase into DC power, the first AC/DC power supply device supplying the DC power to the first I/O control unit;
• a second AC/DC power supply device including three AC-DC conversion units corresponding to three phases of three-phase AC power for converting the AC power of each phase into DC power, the second AC/DC power supply device supplying the DC power to the second I/O control unit;
• at least three AC power supply devices each having a circuit breakers that receives the three-phase AC power supplied from outside and supplies the three-phase AC power to the first and second AC/DC power supply devices, and interrupts the supply of the AC power of a phase of the three-phase AC power when current of the phase exceeds a preset level, wherein:
• if one of the at least three AC power supply devices stops supplying AC power, other ones of the at least three AC power supply devices can cause both of the first and second I/O control units to conduct,
• a number of the first and second AC/DC power supply devices not less than the number of the least three AC power supply devices and a number of the second AC/DC power supply devices not less than the number of the at least three AC power supply devices, and
• the number of the first AC/DC power supply devices is equal to the number of the second AC/DC power supply devices, and
• the three-phase AC power supplied from each of the at least three AC power supply device is supplied to the first and second AC/DC power supply devices through electric cables that detachably connect one of the at least three AC power supply device both one of the first AC/DC power supply devices and one of the second AC/DC power supply devices,
• the first AC/DC power supply device includes a current balancing circuit that is used to equalize output currents supplied from the three phases to the first or second I/O control unit, so as to equalize output currents supplied from the first and second AC/DC power supply devices to the first and second I/O control units, and
• the second AC/DC power supply device includes a current balancing circuit is used to equalize output currents supplied from the three phases to the first or second I/O control unit, so as to equalize output currents supplied from the first and second AC/DC power supply devices to the first and second I/O control units.

A control method for a storage control device which is provided with:

• a first I/O control unit including a channel control unit coupled to an information processing device and receiving a data I/O request from the information processing device, a disk control unit connected with one or more HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) storing data and reading/writing data from/to the HDDs according to the data I/O request and a cache memory for storing data communicated between the channel control unit and the disk control unit;
• a second I/O control unit whose current consumption is approximately equal to that of the first I/O control unit;
• two or more first AC/DC (Alternating-Current/Direct-Current) power supply devices receiving AC power and supplying DC power to the first I/O control unit;
• two or more second AC/DC power supply devices receiving AC power and supplying DC power to the second I/O control unit;
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• at least three AC power supply devices receiving AC power supplied from outside and supplying the AC power to the first and second AC/DC power supply devices, and interrupting the supply of the AC power when current exceeding a preset level passes, the method comprising the steps of:
• if one of the at least three AC power supply devices stops supplying AC power, supplying AC power from another one of the at least three AC power supply devices so as to cause both of the first and second I/O control units to conduct, and
• controlling output current of each of the first and second AC/DC power supply devices so as to equalize output currents supplied from the first and second AC/DC power supply devices to both of the first and second I/O control units.

A storage control device comprising:

• a first I/O control unit including a first channel control unit coupled to an information processing device and receiving a data I/O request from the information processing device, a first disk control unit connected with one or more HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) storing data and reading/writing data from/to the HDDs according to the data I/O request and a first cache memory for storing data communicated between the first channel control unit and the first disk control unit;
• a second I/O control unit including a second channel control unit, a second disk control unit and a second cache memory;
• two or more first AC/DC (Alternating-Current/Direct-Current) power supply devices receiving AC power and supplying DC power to the first I/O control unit;
• two or more second AC/DC power supply devices receiving AC power and supplying DC power to the second I/O control unit;
• and
• at least three AC power supply devices receiving AC power supplied from outside and supplying the AC power to the first and second AC/DC power supply devices, and interrupting the supply of the AC power when current exceeding a preset level passes, wherein:
• if one of the at least three AC power supply devices stops supplying AC power, other ones of the at least three AC power supply devices cause both of the first and second I/O control units to conduct, and
• each of the at least three AC power supply devices includes a current balancing circuit that is used to equalize output currents supplied from the at least three AC power supply devices to both of the first and second AC/DC power supply devices.