FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: data storage system has a host system which comprises: a host system Ethernet socket, a host system Ethernet control module for controlling said host system Ethernet socket and a control module having a processor; at least one mass storage device comprising: a memory module, a mass storage device control module for physical control of said of said memory module, an Ethernet socket for the mass storage device and an Ethernet control module for the mass storage device capable of controlling said Ethernet socket for the mass storage device, and a MII bus for the mass storage device connected between the mass storage device control module and the Ethernet control module for the mass storage device; and an Ethernet channel which connects the Ethernet socket for the mass storage device and the host system Ethernet socket; wherein said control module is connected to the host system Ethernet control module by a host system MII bus, which enables said control module to control the mass storage device control module through the host system MII bus, the Ethernet channel and the MII bus for the mass storage device.
EFFECT: simple design of a data storage system.
9 cl, 8 dwg
