Patent ID: 11971771
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A storage system, comprising:
a control bus; and
a plurality of peer data storage devices, wherein each peer data storage device of the plurality of peer data storage devices comprises:
a processor;
a memory;
a host interface configured to connect to a host system;
a control bus interface configured to connect to the control bus;
means for establishing, through the control bus interface, peer communication among the plurality of peer data storage devices;
means for determining a power state of that peer data storage device;
means for receiving, through the control bus interface and from a peer data storage device of the plurality of peer data storage devices, a power change indicator; and
means for initiating, responsive to the power change indicator, a change in the power state of that peer data storage device.