Remote power cycling of peripheral data storage system

A method of operating a peripheral data storage system for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to the peripheral data storage system, the peripheral data storage system comprising a peripheral data storage device, a peripheral data storage system controller, and a peripheral data storage controller host interface adapted for communication with the host system, the method comprising:

• powering-up the peripheral data storage system at a start time based on a host-scheduled backup operation, wherein the host-scheduled backup operation is scheduled by the host system and comprises pre-selected data from the host for backup on the peripheral data storage system and the start time for the host-scheduled backup operation;
• receiving the pre-selected data from the host system for storing in the peripheral data storage device;
• and
• powering-down the peripheral data storage system upon completion of the host-scheduled backup operation.

A method for remotely power cycling a peripheral data storage system from a host system, the host system comprising a disk drive, the method comprising:

• scheduling a host-scheduled backup operation, wherein the host-scheduled backup operation comprises pre-selected data from the host for backup on the peripheral data storage system and a start time for the host-scheduled backup operation;
• powering-up the peripheral data storage system from the host system at the start time based on a host-scheduled backup operation;
• transmitting the pre-selected data to the peripheral data storage system from the disk drive of the host system based on the host-scheduled backup operation;
• and
• powering-down the peripheral data storage system from the host system upon completion of the host-scheduled backup operation.

A method of operating a peripheral data storage system for use with a host system comprising a disk drive, the host system configured to perform scheduled backup operation from the disk drive to the peripheral data storage system, the peripheral data storage system comprising a peripheral data storage device, a peripheral data storage system controller, and a peripheral data storage controller host interface adapted for communication with the host system, the method comprising:

• powering-up the peripheral data storage system at a start time based on a host-scheduled backup operation, wherein the host-scheduled backup operation is scheduled by the host system and comprises pre-selected data from the host for backup on the peripheral data storage system and the start time for the host-scheduled backup operation;
• receiving the pre-selected data from the disk drive of the host system for storing in the peripheral data storage device;
• and
• powering-down the peripheral data storage system upon completion of the host-scheduled backup operation.