Patent 10097636 was granted and assigned to Western Digital on October, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating data between a plurality of data storage devices. Multiple standalone data storage devices may be coupled to a data storage device docking station. A master data storage device may control the communication the communication of data between the standalone data storage devices. Slave data storage devices may communicated data based on one or more commands transmitted by the master data storage device.