STORAGE DEVICE POWER FAILURE INFRASTRUCTURE

摘要

A power fail protection system wherein pluralities of individual energy storage components are electrically connected to one or more SSD drives during a power failure though a power switch matrix. Typically an individual high-energy supply will be connected to one SSD drive during a power failure. The power fail protection system may also test the transient energy response of individual energy storage components, or include an imminent power fail warning connected directly to an SSD drive interface. Some embodiments further provide for identifying, reporting, and replacing weak energy storage components. High-energy supplies may be modular, or hot swappable.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
one or more solid state drives; a plurality of energy storage components; switching circuitry selectively connecting the one or more solid state drives to at least some of the plurality of energy storage components; and wherein in the presence of a least an unavailable one of the plurality of energy storage components, via the switching circuitry, available ones of the plurality of energy storage components are enabled during a power failure to provide short-term power sufficient to enable data hardening on the one or more solid state drives.