Patent ID: 8276003
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing current draw of a plurality of solid state drives from a shared power supply of a computer at computer startup, each solid state drive comprising computer memory, a capacitor, a disk controller, and a charge controller, the disk controller configured to enable the charge controller to charge the capacitor upon receiving a charge command, the plurality of solid state drives organized into a plurality of startup groups, the startup groups characterized by a position in a predefined startup order, the method comprising: upon startup of the computer, beginning with a first startup group in the predefined startup order and until the last startup group in the predefined startup order has received a charge command: sending, by a storage device initiator, a charge command to a startup group to initiate charging of the capacitor of each solid state drive in the startup group; and waiting a predefined period of time before sending another charge command to a next startup group in the predefined startup order.