Power management for solid state drives in a network

A network of solid state drives (SSDs) comprising:

• a switch comprised of a plurality of powered ports;
• a plurality of SSDs configured to be communicatively coupled to the plurality of powered ports;
• a server rack space, wherein the switch and the plurality of SSDs are configured to occupy the server rack space;
• and
• a controller configured to be communicatively coupled to the switch, wherein the controller is configured to:
• manage a maximum power level allocated to each of the plurality of SSDs by identifying a power consumed by each of the plurality of SSDs and adjusting the maximum power level to deliver to each of the plurality of SSDs based on the power consumed by each of the plurality of SSDs,
• allocate a power to be provided by each port, and
• monitor each port to determine if the power consumption by an SSD attached to the port deviates from the allocated power to be provided by each port,
• wherein a total power is shared between the plurality of SSDs using an average allocation for each of the plurality of SSDs, and the allocation is reduced by an amount for one of the plurality of SSDs, while the allocation is increased by that amount for at least another of the plurality of SSDs;
• wherein the controller is also configured to manage the total power shared by the plurality of SSDs by either limiting the performance of write commands by the SSDs, or adjusting the frequency of issuing write commands to the SSDs, based on a set power budget of the plurality of ports with the corresponding plurality of SSDs;
• and
• wherein the plurality of SSDs are directly coupled to the plurality of powered ports and the plurality of powered ports are Ethernet ports.

A method of implementing a plurality of SSDs over a network, the method comprising:

• identifying a total system power;
• allocating a power level to each of a plurality of SSDs communicatively coupled to a plurality of powered ports of a switch, wherein the total of the allocated power levels does not exceed the total system power;
• identifying a power consumed by each of the plurality of SSDs;
• detecting an imbalance in the power consumed by each of the plurality of SSDs;
• allocating a different power level to deliver to each of the plurality of SSDs based on the power consumed by each of the plurality of SSDs, wherein the total of the allocated different power level to each of the plurality of SSDs does not exceed the total system power;
• allocating a power to be provided by each port;
• monitoring each port to determine if the power consumption by an SSD attached to the port deviates from the allocated power to be provided by each port;
• sharing a total power between the plurality of SSDs using an average allocation for each of the plurality of SSDs, wherein the allocation is reduced by an amount for one of the plurality of SSDs, while the allocation is increased by that amount for at least another of the plurality of SSDs;
• managing the total power shared by the plurality of SSDs by either limiting the performance of write by the SSDs, or adjusting the frequency of issuing write commands to the SSDs, based on a set total power budget of the plurality of ports with the corresponding plurality of SSDs;
• and
• wherein the plurality of SSDs are directly coupled to the plurality of powered ports and the plurality of powered ports are Ethernet ports.