Inventor
LEWIS BLAKE
US23 patents
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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
8 patentsUS7072916B1Jul 4, 2006
Instant snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC186 citations99
US6857001B2Feb 15, 2005
Multiple concurrent active file systems
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC164 citations99
US6636879B1Oct 21, 2003
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC253 citations99
US7454445B2Nov 18, 2008
Write allocation based on storage system map and snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC62 citations98
US6640233B1Oct 28, 2003
Reserving file system blocks
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC51 citations96
US7930326B2Apr 19, 2011
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC19 citations92
US7418465B1Aug 26, 2008
File system block reservation manager
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC16 citations84
US7290013B2Oct 30, 2007
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC7 citations74
NETAPP INC
7 patentsUS9043287B2May 26, 2015
Deduplication in an extent-based architecture
NETAPP INC31 citations94
US7685169B2Mar 23, 2010
Multiple concurrent active file systems
NETAPP INC13 citations84
US9928249B2Mar 27, 2018
Scheduling deduplication in a storage system
NETAPP INC3 citations71
US11169972B2Nov 9, 2021
Handling data extent size asymmetry during logical replication in a storage system
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US9286006B2Mar 15, 2016
Systems and methods for scheduling deduplication of a storage system
NETAPP INC1 citations61
US8924440B2Dec 30, 2014
Extent-based storage architecture
NETAPP INC3 citations60
US9569140B2Feb 14, 2017
Scheduling deduplication in a storage system
NETAPP INC0 citations51