Method and device for simulating disk drive

1. A device for simulating a disk drive, comprising:

a converter configured to convert a received first signal for operating the device into a second signal and a third signal;

a simulation controller configured to control a simulation mode of the device based on the second signal, the simulation controller being connected to the converter via a communication interface; and

a plurality of simulators configured to simulate a plurality of functions associated with the disk drive based on the third signal, the plurality of simulators including at least two of an input/output (I/O) performance simulator, a power characteristic simulator and an additional signal simulator, and the plurality of simulators being connected to the converter and the simulation controller.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the converter is connected to an external expander of the device.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the simulation controller is further configured to:

control at least one of a switching mode and a working mode of at least one of the plurality of simulators based on the second signal received from the converter.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the simulation controller is further configured to:

configure the device in the simulation mode by combining modes of the plurality of simulators.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the I/O performance simulator simulates a physical state of the disk drive in a first mode, and the I/O performance simulator simulates a whole of the disk drive in a second mode.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the power characteristic simulator is configurable for different phases of power consumption.

7. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the additional signal simulator is configurable for different types of disk drives.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is an I 2 C bus interface.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is a user-defined bus interface, and the user-defined bus includes a control bus used for controlling starting, ending and a operation type of a communication and a data bus used for transmitting a register address and data during the communication.

10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein in response to the control bus being pulled down, the communication interface starts a process of the communication, and in response to the control bus being pulled up, the communication interface ends the process of the communication.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein during the process of the communication, in response to the control bus being in a low level, the control bus is in a reading mode, and in response to the control bus being in a high level, the control bus is in a writing mode.

12. A method for simulating a disk drive, comprising:

receiving, by a converter, a first signal for operating a device for simulating the disk drive;

converting, by the converter, the received first signal into a second signal and a third signal;

sending, by the converter, the second signal to a simulation controller via a communication interface to control one or more of a plurality of simulators, the plurality of simulators including at least two of an input/output (I/O) performance simulator, a power characteristic simulator and an additional signal simulator; and

sending, by the converter, the third signal to the plurality of simulators to simulate a plurality of functions associated with the disk drive.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the receiving a first signal for operating a device for simulating the disk drive comprises:

receiving the first signal from an external expander of the device.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the sending the second signal to a simulation controller comprises:

sending the second signal to the simulation controller such that the simulation controller controls at least one of a switching mode and a working mode of at least one of the plurality of simulators based on the second signal.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein sending the second signal to a simulation controller comprises:

configuring the device in the simulation mode by combining modes of the plurality of simulators.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

causing the I/O performance simulator to simulate a physical state of the disk drive in a first mode, and

causing the I/O performance simulator to simulate a whole of the disk drive in a second mode.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the power characteristic simulator is configurable for different phases of power consumption.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the additional signal simulator is configurable for different types of disk drives.

19. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the communication interface is an I 2 C bus interface.

20. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the communication interface is a user-defined bus interface, and the user-defined bus includes a control bus used for controlling starting, ending and a operation type of communication and a data bus used for transmitting a register address and data during the communication.

21. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of simulators includes:

I/O performance simulator circuitry constructed and arranged to simulate I/O operation of a real disk drive,

power characteristic simulator circuitry constructed and arranged to simulate power characteristics of the real disk drive, and

additional signal simulator circuitry constructed and arranged to simulate vendor-specific features of the real disk drive; and

wherein the I/O performance simulator circuitry, the power characteristic simulator circuitry, and the additional signal simulator circuitry operate in a combined manner to simulate a real disk drive to an external storage product under test.