Inventor
RIPBERGER RICHARD ANTHONY
US39 patents
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IBM
29 patentsUS5894583AApr 13, 1999
Variable timeout method for improving missing-interrupt-handler operations in an environment having I/O devices shared by one or more systems
IBM146 citations97
US5768620AJun 16, 1998
Variable timeout method in a missing-interrupt-handler for I/O requests issued by the same operating system
IBM106 citations97
US5758190AMay 26, 1998
Control unit threshold timeout controls for software missing interrupt handlers in operating systems
IBM108 citations97
US7769975B2Aug 3, 2010
Method for configuring volumes in a storage system
IBM45 citations92
US6983355B2Jan 3, 2006
Virtualization of physical storage using size optimized hierarchical tables
IBM21 citations92
US7451283B2Nov 11, 2008
Method, system, and program for copying tracks between a primary storage and secondary storage
IBM33 citations91
US7444360B2Oct 28, 2008
Method, system, and program for storing and using metadata in multiple storage locations
IBM25 citations91
US7941628B2May 10, 2011
Allocation of heterogeneous storage devices to spares and storage arrays
IBM9 citations84
US7836204B2Nov 16, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for accessing a preferred path through a storage controller
IBM18 citations84
US7185223B2Feb 27, 2007
Logical partitioning in redundant systems
IBM11 citations84
US7130997B2Oct 31, 2006
Method of registering a portion of RAM with firmware to preserve the portion during reboot
IBM13 citations84
US7702879B2Apr 20, 2010
Assigning alias addresses to base addresses
IBM11 citations83
US7487312B2Feb 3, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for copy protection
IBM12 citations83
US8001104B2Aug 16, 2011
Method, system and program for storing and using metadata in multiple storage locations
IBM9 citations82
US7437608B2Oct 14, 2008
Reassigning storage volumes from a failed processing system to a surviving processing system
IBM6 citations72
US7876703B2Jan 25, 2011
System and method for enabling connection among devices in a network
IBM3 citations63
US7711924B2May 4, 2010
Managing volumes in volume groups
IBM4 citations63
US7661012B2Feb 9, 2010
Spare device management
IBM4 citations63
US7617349B2Nov 10, 2009
Initiating and using information used for a host, control unit, and logical device connections
IBM2 citations63
US7617373B2Nov 10, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for presenting a storage volume as a virtual volume
IBM4 citations63
US7257663B2Aug 14, 2007
Initiating and using information used for a host, control unit, and logical device connections
IBM3 citations63
US7577804B2Aug 18, 2009
Detecting data integrity
IBM6 citations62
US7379989B2May 27, 2008
Method for dual agent processes and dual active server processes
IBM3 citations61
US7502908B2Mar 10, 2009
Method for providing an address format compatible with different addressing formats used for addressing different sized address spaces
IBM3 citations59
US7992072B2Aug 2, 2011
Management of redundancy in data arrays
IBM0 citations52
US7653830B2Jan 26, 2010
Logical partitioning in redundant systems
IBM0 citations52
US7899897B2Mar 1, 2011
System and program for dual agent processes and dual active server processes
IBM1 citations51
US7797577B2Sep 14, 2010
Reassigning storage volumes from a failed processing system to a surviving processing system
IBM1 citations51
US7694038B2Apr 6, 2010
Maintaining and using nexus information on a host, port and device connection
IBM0 citations42
KAHLER DAVID RAY
4 patentsUS8494170B2Jul 23, 2013
Redundant key server encryption environment
KAHLER DAVID RAY18 citations90
US8300831B2Oct 30, 2012
Redundant key server encryption environment
KAHLER DAVID RAY16 citations90
US8140865B2Mar 20, 2012
Pre-configuring of encryption bands on a disk for use in a plurality of array configurations
KAHLER DAVID RAY1 citations51
US10133883B2Nov 20, 2018
Rapid safeguarding of NVS data during power loss event
KAHLER DAVID RAY1 citations49