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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Guy David Frick, Lafayette, CO (US);
Robert Dixon, Longmont, CO (US);
Jerry D. Dallmann, Westminster, CO (US);
Anthony Pronozuk, Loveland, CO (US);
James Dykes, Longmont, CO (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A mass data storage system includes a number of communicatively coupled storage drives powered by one or more power supplies. Shared control electronics selectively connect power and a data signal to a select storage drive via instructions within a control signal received by the common controller. Instructions for selectively powering and connecting the data signal are transmitted over a first signal path to a first controller of the shared electronics. Responsive to successful execution of the instructions, a drive access command is sent over a second different signal path to a second controller of the shared electronics.