Inventor
MANLEY STEPHEN L
GB30 patents
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NETAPP INC
13 patentsUS7818299B1Oct 19, 2010
System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot
NETAPP INC61 citations98
US7603391B1Oct 13, 2009
System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to a destination snapshot
NETAPP INC95 citations98
US7921077B2Apr 5, 2011
System and method for managing data deduplication of storage systems utilizing persistent consistency point images
NETAPP INC125 citations97
US7769717B2Aug 3, 2010
System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot
NETAPP INC53 citations97
US7769723B2Aug 3, 2010
System and method for providing continuous data protection
NETAPP INC35 citations93
US7991791B1Aug 2, 2011
System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot
NETAPP INC15 citations92
US7809693B2Oct 5, 2010
System and method for restoring data on demand for instant volume restoration
NETAPP INC40 citations92
US7644109B2Jan 5, 2010
System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file
NETAPP INC39 citations92
US7617217B1Nov 10, 2009
System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot
NETAPP INC31 citations92
US7590633B1Sep 15, 2009
Format for transmitting file system information between a source and a destination
NETAPP INC21 citations92
US7562077B2Jul 14, 2009
Method and apparatus for generating and describing block-level difference information about two snapshots
NETAPP INC30 citations92
US7921110B1Apr 5, 2011
System and method for comparing data sets
NETAPP INC31 citations91
US9256378B2Feb 9, 2016
Deduplicating data blocks in a storage system
NETAPP INC12 citations83
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
12 patentsUS7043485B2May 9, 2006
System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC219 citations99
US7010553B2Mar 7, 2006
System and method for redirecting access to a remote mirrored snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC184 citations99
US6993539B2Jan 31, 2006
System and method for determining changes in two snapshots and for transmitting changes to destination snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC330 citations99
US7225204B2May 29, 2007
System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mapping
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC318 citations98
US7039663B1May 2, 2006
System and method for checkpointing and restarting an asynchronous transfer of data between a source and destination snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC192 citations98
US7007046B2Feb 28, 2006
Format for transmission file system information between a source and a destination
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC128 citations98
US7243115B2Jul 10, 2007
System and method for asynchronous mirroring of snapshots at a destination using a purgatory directory and inode mapping
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC65 citations97
US7475098B2Jan 6, 2009
System and method for managing a plurality of snapshots
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC74 citations95
US7624106B1Nov 24, 2009
Method and apparatus for generating user-level difference information about two data sets
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC34 citations93
US7363537B1Apr 22, 2008
System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC30 citations91
US7162662B1Jan 9, 2007
System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC42 citations91
US7437360B1Oct 14, 2008
System and method for communication and synchronization of application-level dependencies and ownership of persistent consistency point images
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC21 citations90