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Bret W. Holley
Also filed as: HOLLEY BRET W · HOLLEY BRET WAYNE
39 granted patents·1 pending application·530 citations·filing 1994–2019
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40 records- 0195US5680580ARemote copy system for setting request interconnect bit in each adapter within storage controller and initiating request connect frame in response to the setting bitIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 21, 1997·278 cites·15 claims
- 0285US5574950ARemote data shadowing using a multimode interface to dynamically reconfigure control link-level and communication link-levelIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 12, 1996·128 cites·17 claims
- 0377US10061734B2Adjustment of buffer credits and other parameters in a startup phase of communications between a plurality of channels and a control unitIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 28, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 0474US10140236B2Receiving buffer credits by a plurality of channels of one or more host computational devices for transmitting data to a control unitIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 27, 2018·1 cites·19 claims
- 0572US9491240B2Maintenance of a fabric priority during synchronous copy operationsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 8, 2016·2 cites·21 claims
- 0671US8108732B2Apparatus and method to minimize performance degradation during communication path failure in a data processing systemCORONADO JUAN ALONSO·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 31, 2012·5 cites·14 claims
- 0770US8769147B2Method, apparatus and system to dynamically manage logical path resourcesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 1, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 0869US7668980B2Usage of persistent information unit pacing protocol in fibre channel communicationsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·4 cites·20 claims
- 0968US9892065B2Adjustments of buffer credits for optimizing the number of retry operations and transfer ready operationsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 13, 2018·1 cites·21 claims
- 1068US9614910B2Maintenance of a fabric priority among operations in related fibre channel exchangesIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 4, 2017·2 cites·15 claims
- 1168US7996707B2Method to recover from ungrouped logical path failuresIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 9, 2011·4 cites·14 claims
- 1267US8069364B2Method to recover from logical path failuresCORONADO JUAN ALONSO·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 29, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 1367US6349350B1System, method, and program for handling failed connections in an input/output (I/O) systemIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 19, 2002·48 cites·33 claims
- 1465US9864716B2Receiving buffer credits by a plurality of channels of one or more host computational devices for transmitting data to a control unitIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 9, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 1564US7983171B2Method to manage path failure thresholdsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 19, 2011·3 cites·10 claims
- 1662US7409519B2Synchronizing logical systemsIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 5, 2008·9 cites·10 claims
- 1761US7114112B2Method, system, and program for simulating Input/Output (I/O) requests to test a systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 26, 2006·8 cites·32 claims
- 1859US10289591B2Adjustment of buffer credits and other parameters in a startup phase of communications between a plurality of channels and a control unitIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 14, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 1959US10157150B2Adjustments of buffer credits for optimizing the number of retry operations and transfer ready operationsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 18, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 2059US8554955B2Systems and methods for avoiding host level busy and retry latenciesCRAIG MATTHEW R·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 8, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2158US10764199B2Adjustment of an information unit pacing credit to increase data transmission rateIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 2258US9209894B2Clearing a fault condition over a fibre channel pathCRAIG MATTHEW R·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 8, 2015·1 cites·11 claims
- 2355US9983813B2Maintenance of a fabric priority during synchronous copy operationsIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 29, 2018·0 cites·15 claims
- 2453US9172459B2Clearing a fault condition over a fibre channel pathIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 27, 2015·0 cites·9 claims
- 2552US8392610B2Method, apparatus and system to dynamically manage logical path resourcesCORONADO JUAN A·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 5, 2013·0 cites·22 claims
- 2652US7941545B2System and article of manufacture for establishing and requesting status on a computational resourceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted May 10, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 2752US5920695AMethod and means for bidirectional peer-coupled communication across a single ESCON interfaceIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 6, 1999·26 cites·9 claims
- 2851US10250516B2Adjustment of an information unit pacing credit to increase data transmission rateIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 2, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 2951US9736241B2Maintenance of a fabric priority among operations within a fibre channel exchangeIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 15, 2017·0 cites·21 claims
- 3051US8005082B2Concurrent enablement of persistent information unit pacingIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 23, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 3150US8909827B2Method to allow a host to replace logical path resources it ownsCORONADO JUAN A·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 9, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 3247US8027263B2Method to manage path failure threshold consensusIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 27, 2011·0 cites·18 claims
- 3347US7996643B2Synchronizing logical systemsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 9, 2011·0 cites·15 claims
- 3447US7574529B2Addressing logical subsystems in a data storage systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·0 cites·32 claims
- 3546US9311005B2Method to prevent I/O starvation of slower hosts in a multi-host environmentIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 12, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3645US8214562B2Processing of data to perform system changes in an input/output processing systemRICCI LOUIS W·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 3, 2012·0 cites·29 claims
- 3744US7395337B2Method, system, and program for establishing and requesting status on a computational resourceIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 1, 2008·0 cites·10 claims
- 3842US2006248107A1Apparatus system and method for updating software while preserving system stateCORONADO JUAN A·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3941US10623341B2Configuration of a set of queues for multi-protocol operations in a target driverIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 14, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4038US9104575B2Reduced-impact error recovery in multi-core storage-system componentsHOLLEY BRET WAYNE·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 11, 2015·0 cites·18 claims
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