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DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP
US·79 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,476 citations·filing 2000–2015
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83 records- 0198US7975115B2Method and apparatus for separating snapshot preserved and write dataDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 5, 2011·241 cites·18 claims
- 0298US7536506B2RAID controller using capacitor energy source to flush volatile cache data to non-volatile memory during main power outageDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 19, 2009·346 cites·146 claims
- 0397US7340555B2RAID system for performing efficient mirrored posted-write operationsDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 4, 2008·79 cites·53 claims
- 0497US7315911B2Method for efficient inter-processor communication in an active-active RAID system using PCI-express linksDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 1, 2008·111 cites·82 claims
- 0596US7716183B2Snapshot preserved data cloningDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 11, 2010·53 cites·10 claims
- 0696US7426618B2Snapshot restore method and apparatusDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 16, 2008·120 cites·22 claims
- 0795US7487391B2Storage controller super capacitor adaptive life monitorDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 3, 2009·51 cites·45 claims
- 0895US7451348B2Dynamic write cache size adjustment in raid controller with capacitor backup energy sourceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 11, 2008·53 cites·34 claims
- 0994US7568122B2Method and apparatus for identifying a faulty component on a multiple component field replaceable unitDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 28, 2009·76 cites·25 claims
- 1093US7681089B2Redundant storage controller system with enhanced failure analysis capabilityDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 16, 2010·32 cites·87 claims
- 1193US7536584B2Fault-isolating SAS expanderDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 19, 2009·35 cites·58 claims
- 1293US7464214B2Application server blade for embedded storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·18 cites·20 claims
- 1393US7362565B2Disk drive support systemDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 22, 2008·42 cites·31 claims
- 1492US7774643B2Method and apparatus for preventing permanent data loss due to single failure of a fault tolerant arrayDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 10, 2010·34 cites·21 claims
- 1592US7661002B2Storage controller super capacitor dynamic voltage throttlingDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·30 cites·48 claims
- 1692US7380055B2Apparatus and method in a cached raid controller utilizing a solid state backup device for improving data availability timeDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2008·30 cites·38 claims
- 1792US6839788B2Bus zoning in a channel independent storage controller architectureDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 4, 2005·73 cites·24 claims
- 1891US9158687B2Method and apparatus for processing fast asynchronous streamsDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 13, 2015·10 cites·20 claims
- 1991US7809886B2RAID controller using capacitor energy source to flush volatile cache data to non-volatile memory during main power outageDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 5, 2010·27 cites·56 claims
- 2091US7673185B2Adaptive SAS PHY configurationDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·29 cites·23 claims
- 2191US7593973B2Method and apparatus for transferring snapshot dataDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 22, 2009·25 cites·20 claims
- 2291US7536508B2System and method for sharing SATA drives in active-active RAID controller systemDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 19, 2009·27 cites·60 claims
- 2391US7437604B2Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 14, 2008·14 cites·27 claims
- 2491US7380163B2Apparatus and method for deterministically performing active-active failover of redundant servers in response to a heartbeat link failureDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 27, 2008·38 cites·44 claims
- 2591US6990611B2Recovering data from arrays of storage devices after certain failuresDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 24, 2006·93 cites·23 claims
- 2689US7320083B2Apparatus and method for storage controller to deterministically kill one of redundant servers integrated within the storage controller chassisDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 15, 2008·30 cites·51 claims
- 2789US7313721B2Apparatus and method for performing a preemptive reconstruct of a fault-tolerant RAID arrayDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 25, 2007·57 cites·10 claims
- 2888US8356126B2Command-coalescing RAID controllerDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 15, 2013·19 cites·42 claims
- 2988US7743224B2Method and apparatus for virtual load regions in storage system controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 22, 2010·22 cites·19 claims
- 3088US7711989B2Storage system with automatic redundant code component failure detection, notification, and repairDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 4, 2010·25 cites·55 claims
- 3188US7536495B2Certified memory-to-memory data transfer between active-active raid controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 19, 2009·21 cites·55 claims
- 3288US7523350B2Timer-based apparatus and method for fault-tolerant booting of a storage controllerDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 21, 2009·26 cites·81 claims
- 3387US7606944B2Dynamic input/output optimization within a storage controllerDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 20, 2009·17 cites·34 claims
- 3487US7543096B2Safe message transfers on PCI-Express link from RAID controller to receiver-programmable window of partner RAID controller CPU memoryDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·17 cites·64 claims
- 3587US7418621B2Redundant storage array method and apparatusDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·18 cites·20 claims
- 3687US7334064B2Application server blade for embedded storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 19, 2008·24 cites·35 claims
- 3786US8930619B2Method and apparatus for efficiently destaging sequential I/O streamsDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 6, 2015·10 cites·20 claims
- 3885US9558789B1Storage device sled and assembly method thereofDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 31, 2017·8 cites·20 claims
- 3985US7861113B2Method and apparatus for operating storage controller system in elevated temperature environmentDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 28, 2010·16 cites·87 claims
- 4085US7328324B2Multiple mode controller method and apparatusDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 5, 2008·15 cites·25 claims
- 4185US7143227B2Broadcast bridge apparatus for transferring data to redundant memory subsystems in a storage controllerDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 28, 2006·46 cites·35 claims
- 4284US9888607B2Self-biasing storage device sledDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·4 cites·11 claims
- 4384US9681576B2Shock dampening drawer slideDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 13, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 4484US7689736B2Method and apparatus for a storage controller to dynamically determine the usage of onboard I/O portsDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 30, 2010·14 cites·15 claims
- 4584US7401254B2Apparatus and method for a server deterministically killing a redundant server integrated within the same network storage appliance chassisDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 15, 2008·37 cites·68 claims
- 4684US7380088B2Storage device method and apparatusDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2008·18 cites·21 claims
- 4784US7330999B2Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 12, 2008·20 cites·84 claims
- 4882US7793145B2Method and apparatus for verifying fault tolerant configurationDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 7, 2010·12 cites·21 claims
- 4982US7558981B2Method and apparatus for mirroring customer data and metadata in paired controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 7, 2009·13 cites·15 claims
- 5082US7539799B2Method and apparatus for identifying enclosures and devicesDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 26, 2009·10 cites·20 claims
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