Patent ID: 11914735
Assignee: MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The server of claim 4, further comprising:
multiple storage-device switches that are connected to the relay device and are controlled thereby, wherein each of the multiple storage-device switches is configured to be connected to one of the plurality of data storage devices that is in the enabled state only when the storage-device switch is turned on,
wherein the relay device is configured to:
when the comparison result generated by the management module after receiving the access command from the controller indicates that said one data storage device is invalid, transition said one data storage device from the enabled state to the disabled state by turning off one of the multiple storage-device switches that is connected to said one data storage device; and
when said comparison result generated by the management module indicates that said one data storage device is valid, keep said one data storage device in the enabled state by keeping said one of the multiple storage-device switches turned on.