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Inventor

MENON JAISHANKAR M

US20 patents

Patents

20 patents
US5579475ANov 26, 1996

Method and means for encoding and rebuilding the data contents of up to two unavailable DASDS in a DASD array using simple non-recursive diagonal and row parity

IBM230 citations99
US5551003AAug 27, 1996

System for managing log structured array (LSA) of DASDS by managing segment space availability and reclaiming regions of segments using garbage collection procedure

IBM381 citations98
US5542066AJul 30, 1996

Destaging modified data blocks from cache memory

IBM198 citations98
US5488701AJan 30, 1996

In log sparing for log structured arrays

IBM107 citations98
US5271012ADec 14, 1993

Method and means for encoding and rebuilding data contents of up to two unavailable DASDs in an array of DASDs

IBM200 citations98
US5258984ANov 2, 1993

Method and means for distributed sparing in DASD arrays

IBM166 citations98
US5416915AMay 16, 1995

Method and system for minimizing seek affinity and enhancing write sensitivity in a DASD array

IBM108 citations97
US5574882ANov 12, 1996

System and method for identifying inconsistent parity in an array of storage

IBM305 citations96
US5485571AJan 16, 1996

Method and apparatus for providing distributed sparing with uniform workload distribution in failures

IBM70 citations96
US5375128ADec 20, 1994

Fast updating of DASD arrays using selective shadow writing of parity and data blocks, tracks, or cylinders

IBM105 citations96
US5301297AApr 5, 1994

Method and means for managing RAID 5 DASD arrays having RAID DASD arrays as logical devices thereof

IBM204 citations96
US5459853AOct 17, 1995

Efficient variable-block data storage system employing a staggered fixed-block-architecture array

IBM91 citations94
US5202799AApr 13, 1993

Logical data tracks extending among a plurality of zones of physical tracks of one or more disk devices

IBM62 citations94
US5418921AMay 23, 1995

Method and means for fast writing data to LRU cached based DASD arrays under diverse fault tolerant modes

IBM109 citations93
US5506979AApr 9, 1996

Method and means for execution of commands accessing variable length records stored on fixed block formatted DASDS of an N+2 DASD synchronous array

IBM44 citations92
US5283884AFeb 1, 1994

CKD channel with predictive track table

IBM52 citations92
US5257362AOct 26, 1993

Method and means for ensuring single pass small read/write access to variable length records stored on selected DASDs in a DASD array

IBM52 citations92
US5577211ANov 19, 1996

System and method using chained structure queues for ordering of message delivery between connected nodes wherein unsuccessful message portion is skipped and retried

IBM36 citations91
US5263145ANov 16, 1993

Method and means for accessing DASD arrays with tuned data transfer rate and concurrency

IBM96 citations90
US5706443AJan 6, 1998

Method and apparatus for enabling pipelining of buffered data

IBM7 citations72