Inventor
NORMAN MARK ALLAN
US16 patents
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IBM
11 patentsUS6779058B2Aug 17, 2004
Method, system, and program for transferring data between storage devices
IBM109 citations97
US6985916B2Jan 10, 2006
Method, system, and article of manufacture for returning physical volumes
IBM13 citations92
US6954831B2Oct 11, 2005
Method, system, and article of manufacture for borrowing physical volumes
IBM33 citations92
US6745212B2Jun 1, 2004
Preferential caching of uncopied logical volumes in an IBM peer-to-peer virtual tape server
IBM31 citations92
US8006050B2Aug 23, 2011
System for determining allocation of tape drive resources for a secure data erase process
IBM12 citations83
US8001340B2Aug 16, 2011
Method for determining allocation of tape drive resources for a secure data erase process
IBM12 citations83
US7757052B2Jul 13, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for optimizing recall of logical volumes in a virtual tape server
IBM10 citations82
US9933959B2Apr 3, 2018
Method for selectively performing a secure data erase to ensure timely erasure
IBM3 citations72
US9542109B2Jan 10, 2017
Method for selectively performing a secure data erase to ensure timely erasure
IBM4 citations72
US7979664B2Jul 12, 2011
Method, system, and article of manufacture for returning empty physical volumes to a storage pool based on a threshold and an elapsed time period
IBM3 citations63
US7577800B2Aug 18, 2009
Method for borrowing and returning physical volumes
IBM4 citations63
KISHI GREGORY TAD
5 patentsUS9141303B2Sep 22, 2015
Method for selectively performing a secure data erase to ensure timely erasure
KISHI GREGORY TAD14 citations83
US8332599B2Dec 11, 2012
Method for determining allocation of tape drive resources for a secure data erase process
KISHI GREGORY TAD8 citations83
US8301834B2Oct 30, 2012
System for determining allocation of tape drive resources for a secure data erase process
KISHI GREGORY TAD8 citations83
US9098717B2Aug 4, 2015
System for selectively performing a secure data erase to ensure timely erasure
KISHI GREGORY TAD4 citations72
US8661195B2Feb 25, 2014
Reallocation of tape drive resources associated with a secure data erase process
KISHI GREGORY TAD3 citations61