Patent ID: 8086879
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a storage device to store information corresponding to one or more sources of data; a communication adapter to receive a first data request from a first device; and logic to determine a second device that stores data corresponding to the first data request based on the stored information, wherein the logic is to translate the first data request into two different requests comprising a power-on request and a second data request, wherein the second data request is to obtain data corresponding to the first data request from the second device to be transmitted to the first device and wherein the power-on request is to cause the second device to power on in response to a determination based on the stored information that the second device is in a reduced power consumption state, wherein the first device is incapable of directly causing the second device to power on without the translation performed by the logic based on the stored information.