Inventor
HATFIELD BRIAN D
US36 patents
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IBM
28 patentsUS9575800B2Feb 21, 2017
Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process
IBM8 citations84
US9514013B2Dec 6, 2016
Maintaining inactive copy relationships for secondary storages of active copy relationships having a common primary storage for use in case of a failure of the common primary storage
IBM11 citations84
US9471241B2Oct 18, 2016
Methods and systems for formatting storage volumes
IBM6 citations84
US9158471B2Oct 13, 2015
Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sites
IBM5 citations84
US9058293B2Jun 16, 2015
Management of point-in-time copy relationship for extent space efficient volumes
IBM8 citations84
US8914605B2Dec 16, 2014
Methods and systems for formatting storage volumes
IBM6 citations84
US8380961B2Feb 19, 2013
Methods and systems for formatting storage volumes
IBM5 citations84
US9501327B2Nov 22, 2016
Concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processes
IBM9 citations83
US10664177B2May 26, 2020
Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sites
IBM2 citations73
US10382544B2Aug 13, 2019
Establishing reverse paths between servers in a copy environment
IBM1 citations73
US9921764B2Mar 20, 2018
Using inactive copy relationships to resynchronize data between storages
IBM4 citations73
US9727243B2Aug 8, 2017
Using inactive copy relationships to resynchronize data between storages
IBM4 citations73
US9563366B2Feb 7, 2017
Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process
IBM6 citations72
US11223678B2Jan 11, 2022
Establishing paths between servers in a copy environment for different copy relationships between the servers
IBM0 citations62
US10938899B2Mar 2, 2021
Establishing reverse paths between servers in a copy environment
IBM0 citations62
US12386858B2Aug 12, 2025
Data replica change analysis
IBM0 citations57
US11762559B2Sep 19, 2023
Write sort management in a multiple storage controller data storage system
IBM0 citations52
US11580022B2Feb 14, 2023
Write sort management in a multiple storage controller data storage system
IBM0 citations52
US9983819B2May 29, 2018
Systems and methods for initializing a memory system
IBM0 citations52
US9858180B2Jan 2, 2018
Management of point-in-time copy relationship for extent space efficient volumes
IBM0 citations52
US9857997B2Jan 2, 2018
Replicating tracks from a first storage site to a second and third storage sites
IBM0 citations52
US9330016B2May 3, 2016
Systems and methods for managing read-only memory
IBM0 citations51
US9195613B2Nov 24, 2015
Systems and methods for managing read-only memory
IBM0 citations51
US12566677B1Mar 3, 2026
Automated recipe generation for orchestrated application recovery
IBM0 citations45
US12554589B2Feb 17, 2026
Recovery point objective validator
IBM0 citations44
US12474987B2Nov 18, 2025
Application recovery accelerator
IBM0 citations44
US12321315B1Jun 3, 2025
File system delta visualization
IBM0 citations41
US9921879B2Mar 20, 2018
Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work to select the units of work to process
IBM0 citations41
HATFIELD BRIAN D
5 patentsUS9003161B2Apr 7, 2015
Systems and methods for managing read-only memory
HATFIELD BRIAN D1 citations60
US8639876B2Jan 28, 2014
Extent allocation in thinly provisioned storage environment
HATFIELD BRIAN D0 citations50
US9009386B2Apr 14, 2015
Systems and methods for managing read-only memory
HATFIELD BRIAN D0 citations49
US8423712B2Apr 16, 2013
Methods and systems for releasing and re-allocating storage segments in a storage volume
HATFIELD BRIAN D0 citations49
US8392653B2Mar 5, 2013
Methods and systems for releasing and re-allocating storage segments in a storage volume
HATFIELD BRIAN D0 citations49