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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark E. Andresen, Joaquin F. Pacheco
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Reducing current draw of solid state drives from a shared power supply of a computer at computer startup, each SSD including computer memory, a capacitor, a disk controller, and a charge controller, the disk controller configured to enable the charge controller to charge the capacitor upon receiving a charge command, the SSDs organized into startup groups characterized by a position in a predefined startup order. Upon startup of the computer, beginning with a first startup group in the predefined startup order and until the last startup group in the predefined startup order has received a charge command, embodiments include, sending, by a storage device initiator, a charge command to a startup group to initiate charging of the capacitor of each solid state drive in the startup group and waiting a predefined period of time before sending another charge command to a next startup group in the predefined startup order.
A method of reducing current draw of a plurality of solid state drives from a shared power supply of a computer at computer startup, each solid state drive comprising computer memory, a capacitor, and the plurality of solid state drives organized into a plurality of startup groups, the method comprising:
An apparatus for reducing current draw of a plurality of solid state drives at computer startup, each solid state drive comprising computer memory, a capacitor, and the plurality of solid state drives organized into a plurality of startup groups, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
A computer program product for reducing current draw of a plurality of solid state drives at computer startup, each solid state drive comprising computer memory, a capacitor, and the plurality of solid state drives organized into a plurality of startup groups, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:
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