Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.

Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.

Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a port for receiving a removable memory component, e.g., a secure digital card. The data storage device has a first partition and a second partition. The first partition stores data received from the removable memory component. The second partition stores pointers associated with a subset of the data stored in the first partition. The subset of data is marked as data of interest for a user based on a first set of attributes. The second partition is a virtual removable memory component and is rendered on a display as a physical removable memory component with the subset of data from the first partition that is associated with the pointers in the second partition. The subset of data stored in the first partition is fetched utilizing the pointers in the second partition and subsequently transmitted to a system external to the data storage device.

Abstract: Provided herein are techniques related to storage and control external to a computer system. The computer system includes a display component. Physically separate from the computer system is an apparatus that includes a user input component and a data storage component. The user input component is configured to receive input that controls what is displayed at the display component. The computer system is configured to retrieve, from the data storage component, information to be displayed at the display component.