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NVRAM caching and logging in a storage system
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Uniquely identifying block context signatures in a storage volume hierarchy
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System and method for efficiently calculating storage required to split a clone volume
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System and method for enabling de-duplication in a storage system architecture
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System and method for restoring a virtual disk from a snapshot
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Methods and apparatus for streaming media multicast
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System and method for storage takeover
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File system driven raid rebuild technique
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Techniques for dynamically allocating resources in a storage cluster system
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File system driven raid rebuild technique
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Low power archival data storage enclosure
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File system driven raid rebuild technique
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US9244626B2Jan 26, 2016
System and method for hijacking inodes based on replication operations received in an arbitrary order
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US9043372B2May 26, 2015
Metadata subsystem for a distributed object store in a network storage system
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US8996535B1Mar 31, 2015
Extent hashing technique for distributed storage architecture
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Dense tree volume metadata update logging and checkpointing
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US8910030B2Dec 9, 2014
Redistributing parity in a storage system
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US8909885B2Dec 9, 2014
File system capable of generating snapshots and providing fast sequential read access
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US8892818B1Nov 18, 2014
Dense tree volume metadata organization
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US8880787B1Nov 4, 2014
Extent metadata update logging and checkpointing
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US8812450B1Aug 19, 2014
Systems and methods for instantaneous cloning
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US7984259B1Jul 19, 2011
Reducing load imbalance in a storage system
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US7849057B1Dec 7, 2010
Identifying snapshot membership for blocks based on snapid
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US7818299B1Oct 19, 2010
System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot
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US7783666B1Aug 24, 2010
Controlling access to storage resources by using access pattern based quotas
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US7720801B2May 18, 2010
System and method for supporting asynchronous data replication with very short update intervals
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US7689609B2Mar 30, 2010
Architecture for supporting sparse volumes
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US7657537B1Feb 2, 2010
System and method for specifying batch execution ordering of requests in a storage system cluster
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US7617541B2Nov 10, 2009
Method and/or system to authorize access to stored data
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US7613815B1Nov 3, 2009
Method and apparatus for customized logging in a network cache
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US7603532B2Oct 13, 2009
System and method for reclaiming unused space from a thinly provisioned data container
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US7603391B1Oct 13, 2009
System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot
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US7493424B1Feb 17, 2009
Network storage system with shared software stack for LDMA and RDMA
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US9740403B2Aug 22, 2017
Methods for managing storage in a data storage cluster with distributed zones based on parity values and devices thereof
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US9348538B2May 24, 2016
Selective deduplication
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US8892938B1Nov 18, 2014
Clustered RAID assimilation management
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US8880788B1Nov 4, 2014
Flash optimized, log-structured layer of a file system
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US8806115B1Aug 12, 2014
NVRAM data organization using self-describing entities for predictable recovery after power-loss
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US8386610B2Feb 26, 2013
System and method for automatic storage load balancing in virtual server environments
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US7996371B1Aug 9, 2011
Combining context-aware and context-independent data deduplication for optimal space savings
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US7966293B1Jun 21, 2011
System and method for indexing a backup using persistent consistency point images
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US7949638B1May 24, 2011
System and method for nearly in-band search indexing
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US7945688B1May 17, 2011
Methods and apparatus for reducing streaming media data traffic bursts
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US7921077B2Apr 5, 2011
System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point images
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US7917617B1Mar 29, 2011
Mitigating rebaselining of a virtual machine (VM)
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US7908436B1Mar 15, 2011
Deduplication of data on disk devices using low-latency random read memory
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US7873700B2Jan 18, 2011
Multi-protocol storage appliance that provides integrated support for file and block access protocols
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US7827350B1Nov 2, 2010
Method and system for promoting a snapshot in a distributed file system
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US7797582B1Sep 14, 2010
Method and system for storing data using a continuous data protection system
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US7769717B2Aug 3, 2010
System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot
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