Inventor
MICKA WILLIAM F
US25 patents
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IBM
24 patentsUS5497483AMar 5, 1996
Method and system for track transfer control during concurrent copy operations in a data processing storage subsystem
IBM172 citations99
US7188272B2Mar 6, 2007
Method, system and article of manufacture for recovery from a failure in a cascading PPRC system
IBM66 citations98
US5619644AApr 8, 1997
Software directed microcode state save for distributed storage controller
IBM1,248 citations98
US5448718ASep 5, 1995
Method and system for time zero backup session security
IBM237 citations98
US5241668AAug 31, 1993
Method and system for automated termination and resumption in a time zero backup copy process
IBM1,505 citations98
US5592618AJan 7, 1997
Remote copy secondary data copy validation-audit function
IBM435 citations97
US5167034ANov 24, 1992
Data integrity for compaction devices
IBM130 citations97
US5615329AMar 25, 1997
Remote data duplexing
IBM211 citations96
US5574950ANov 12, 1996
Remote data shadowing using a multimode interface to dynamically reconfigure control link-level and communication link-level
IBM128 citations95
US5379398AJan 3, 1995
Method and system for concurrent access during backup copying of data
IBM89 citations95
US7512835B2Mar 31, 2009
Method, system and article of manufacture for recovery from a failure in a cascading PPRC system
IBM35 citations92
US5577222ANov 19, 1996
System for asynchronously duplexing remote data by sending DASD data grouped as a unit periodically established by checkpoint based upon the latest time value
IBM52 citations92
US5375232ADec 20, 1994
Method and system for asynchronous pre-staging of backup copies in a data processing storage subsystem
IBM99 citations92
US5241669AAug 31, 1993
Method and system for sidefile status polling in a time zero backup copy process
IBM40 citations91
US5606679AFeb 25, 1997
Method for optimal retrieval of non-volume-specific data
IBM33 citations90
US5493724AFeb 20, 1996
Locking a non-busy device for accessing a data record stored on another device
IBM21 citations90
US7761426B2Jul 20, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for continuously protecting data
IBM12 citations83
US4817186AMar 28, 1989
Locating individual images in a field for recognition or the like
IBM20 citations77
US5450073ASep 12, 1995
Controlling power sequencing of a control unit in an input/output system
IBM14 citations73
US5408656AApr 18, 1995
Method and system for non-specific address data retrieval in a data storage subsystem which includes multiple datasets stored at specific addresses
IBM11 citations71
US7290086B2Oct 30, 2007
Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system
IBM7 citations70
US7546434B2Jun 9, 2009
Method to write data to an information storage and retrieval system
IBM2 citations62
US7676616B2Mar 9, 2010
Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system
IBM3 citations59
US7240080B2Jul 3, 2007
Method and apparatus for determining using least recently used protocol if one or more computer files should be written to one or more information storage media and synchronously providing one or more computer files between first and storage devices
IBM3 citations59