Inventor
MCKEAN BRIAN DENNIS
US12 patents
Patents
12 patentsUS6973553B1Dec 6, 2005
Method and apparatus for using extended disk sector formatting to assist in backup and hierarchical storage management
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US7069402B2Jun 27, 2006
Host-independent incremental backup method, apparatus, and system
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US6950900B1Sep 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for migrating data having a format of a first type to a format of a second type
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US6928578B2Aug 9, 2005
System, method, and computer program for selectable or programmable data consistency checking methodology
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US6918006B1Jul 12, 2005
System and method to coordinate data storage device management operations in a data storage subsystem
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US6438648B1Aug 20, 2002
System apparatus and method for managing multiple host computer operating requirements in a data storage system
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US6912669B2Jun 28, 2005
Method and apparatus for maintaining cache coherency in a storage system
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US7480909B2Jan 20, 2009
Method and apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache locking
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US6922801B2Jul 26, 2005
Storage media scanner apparatus and method providing media predictive failure analysis and proactive media surface defect management
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US6816945B2Nov 9, 2004
Quiesce system storage device and method in a dual active controller with cache coherency using stripe locks for implied storage volume reservations
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US6862668B2Mar 1, 2005
Method and apparatus for using cache coherency locking to facilitate on-line volume expansion in a multi-controller storage system
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US7930697B2Apr 19, 2011
Apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache locking
IBM2 citations59