Patent ID: 7008234
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A data storage system comprising: an enclosure; at least one bridge device also located within the same enclosure, the bridge device arranged to receive signaling from at least one of the device interfaces, the bridge device converting the storage device interface signaling to universal bus signaling, each bridge device also providing one or more universal bus port connections to permit access to at least one of the mass storage devices; a hub unit, also located within the same enclosure as the bridge device, the hub having a plurality of universal serial bus ports to be accessed through a shared port and interconnecting a universal serial bus port associated with at least one of the storage devices to a universal serial bus port on the hub unit; and such that one of the remaining universal serial bus port connections is used as a common interface to access at least a first and second storage device of the plurality of mass storage devices.