Patent ID: 9653110
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a service controller associated with a server, a signal indicating a power event associated with the server; determining at least one disk drive associated with the server, the at least one disk drive having a first spinning speed; generating a spin-up command for the at least one disk drive; and transmitting the spin-up command to a SAS controller associated with the at least one disk drive, the SAS controller operable to enable the at least one disk drive to spin at a second spinning speed that is higher than the first spinning speed; wherein the SAS controller is operable to transmit the spin-up command to at least one disk controller that is associated with the at least one disk drive, the at least one disk controller being operable to determine the second spinning speed for the at least one disk drive based at least upon the spin-up command.