Inventor
COATNEY DOUGLAS W
US15 patents
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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
10 patentsUS7275179B1Sep 25, 2007
System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors in a disk subsystem
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC35 citations95
US7293203B1Nov 6, 2007
System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memory
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC39 citations94
US7278067B1Oct 2, 2007
Method and an apparatus for aggressively detecting media errors on storage devices with negligible performance impact
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC39 citations92
US7451355B1Nov 11, 2008
System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memory
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC34 citations91
US7191437B1Mar 13, 2007
System and method for reliable disk firmware update within a networked storage fabric
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC47 citations91
US7529982B1May 5, 2009
Method and an apparatus for aggressively detecting media errors on storage devices with negligible performance impact
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC10 citations84
US7447938B1Nov 4, 2008
System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors in a disk subsystem
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC9 citations83
US7340642B1Mar 4, 2008
Method and an apparatus to maintain storage devices in a storage system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC16 citations83
US7890810B1Feb 15, 2011
Method and apparatus for deterministic fault injection of storage shelves in a storage subsystem
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC18 citations81
US7484117B1Jan 27, 2009
Method and apparatus for detecting and remedying excessive loop initialization
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC3 citations60
NETAPP INC
3 patentsUS7984328B1Jul 19, 2011
System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors
NETAPP INC15 citations92
US7661020B1Feb 9, 2010
System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors
NETAPP INC17 citations92
US7996724B1Aug 9, 2011
System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memory
NETAPP INC7 citations82