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Kevin Kidney
Also filed as: KIDNEY KEVIN · KIDNEY KEVIN L · KIDNEY KEVIN LEE
19 granted patents·7 pending applications·371 citations·filing 2000–2016
94Inventor score
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26 records- 0197US8341457B2System and method for optimizing redundancy restoration in distributed data layout environmentsSPRY ANDREW J·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·101 cites·8 claims
- 0297US8176405B2Data integrity validation in a computing environmentHAFNER JAMES LEE·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·180 cites·20 claims
- 0390US8566673B2Method for improving performance in RAID systemsKIDNEY KEVIN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 22, 2013·21 cites·21 claims
- 0482US8689040B2Method and system for data reconstruction after drive failuresKIDNEY KEVIN·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 1, 2014·9 cites·18 claims
- 0581US8756369B2Priority command queues for low latency solid state drivesMCKEAN BRIAN D·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 17, 2014·10 cites·2 claims
- 0679US9400615B2Priority command queues for low latency solid state drivesNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 26, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 0775US8762771B2Method for completing write operations to a RAID drive pool with an abnormally slow drive in a timely fashionJESS MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 24, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 0874US7805633B2Optimized reconstruction and copyback methodology for a disconnected drive in the presence of a global hot spare diskLSI CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 28, 2010·7 cites·9 claims
- 0973US8201001B2Method for optimizing performance and power usage in an archival storage system by utilizing massive array of independent disks (MAID) techniques and controlled replication under scalable hashing (CRUSH)MCKEAN BRIAN·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 12, 2012·6 cites·10 claims
- 1072US6816945B2Quiesce system storage device and method in a dual active controller with cache coherency using stripe locks for implied storage volume reservationsIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 9, 2004·18 cites·4 claims
- 1169US9720606B2Methods and structure for online migration of data in storage systems comprising a plurality of storage devicesHOLT KEITH W·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 1, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 1267US9483402B2Methods and systems for dynamically controlled cachingNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 1, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 1359US9170740B2System and method for providing implicit unmaps in thinly provisioned virtual tape library systemsZWISLER ROSS·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 27, 2015·1 cites·18 claims
- 1452US8176390B2Single XOR operation WEAVER reconstruction of a failed drive of a RAIDKIDNEY KEVIN LEE·Filed 2009·Granted May 8, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 1551US9606918B2Methods and systems for dynamically controlled cachingNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 28, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 1651US8276041B2Data integrity validation using hierarchical volume managementHAFNER JAMES LEE·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 25, 2012·0 cites·18 claims
- 1750US7080133B1Method and system for configuring a computer networkIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 18, 2006·4 cites·30 claims
- 1849US2011029729A1Erasure coded data storage capacity and power managementLSI CORP·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 1947US2011035547A1Method for utilizing mirroring in a data storage system to promote improved data accessibility and improved system efficiencyKIDNEY KEVIN·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2044US9620165B2Banded allocation of device address ranges in distributed parity schemesNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 11, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 2142US10579540B2Raid data migration through stripe swappingNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 3, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 2242US2008126839A1Optimized reconstruction and copyback methodology for a failed drive in the presence of a global hot spare discSANGAPU SATISH·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2340US2013117525A1Method for implementing pre-emptive read reconstructionJESS MARTIN·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 2438US2012173812A1Method and system for data distribution across an array of drivesKIDNEY KEVIN·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2532US2017212705A1Dynamic Weighting for Distributed Parity Device LayoutsNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 2631US2017097887A1Storage Controller Cache Having Reserved Parity AreaNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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