Patent ID: 7961544

Claim:
A method of managing operation of a plurality of storage devices, the method comprising: receiving current consumption information from at least one of the plurality of storage devices; and managing operation of at least one of the plurality of storage devices, the operation management including providing a start signal to a first one of a plurality of storage devices that initiates power consumption at a high current level in the first storage device; switching the first one of the storage devices to a low current level; providing a completion signal from the first one of the storage devices upon completion of power consumption at a high current level; receiving the completion signal at one of a state machine or a next one of the plurality of storage devices indicating that said first storage device has completed the power consumption at the high current level; and providing second start signal to one of the state machine and the next one storage device and initiating power consumption at a high current level in the next storage device while the rest of the plurality of storage devices operate at low current level.