Method and apparatus for performing power analytics of a storage system

A method of managing a storage system comprising a storage device and a plurality of power supplies configured to supply power to the storage device, the method comprising:

• determining a total power consumption of the storage device;
• and
• based at least in part on determining that the total power consumption is less than a first threshold of a load of an active one of the power supplies,
• initiating a deactivation process by deactivating one or more active power supplies from the power supplies;
• and
• terminating the deactivation process based at least in part on the total power consumption being equal to or greater than the first threshold of the load of the active one of the power supplies.

A storage system comprising:

• at least one storage device, a storage device of at least one storage device being configured to measure a power consumption of the storage device;
• a processor in communication with the at least one storage device;
• and
• a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:
• determining whether one or more first storage devices of the at least one storage device are idle or are in an idle state;
• based at least in part on determining that the one or more first storage devices are in an idle state,
• instructing the one or more first storage devices to operate at lower power caps.