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KUO SZU-WEN
US24 patents
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NETAPP INC
21 patentsUS7552223B1Jun 23, 2009
Apparatus and method for data consistency in a proxy cache
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US7461147B1Dec 2, 2008
Node selection within a network based on policy
NETAPP INC116 citations96
US7444428B1Oct 28, 2008
Method and apparatus for estimating relative network proximity in the presence of a network filter
NETAPP INC12 citations82
US11971859B2Apr 30, 2024
Defragmentation for log structured merge tree to improve read and write amplification
NETAPP INC5 citations73
US11593318B2Feb 28, 2023
Techniques for asynchronous snapshot invalidation
NETAPP INC1 citations71
US11467774B2Oct 11, 2022
Metadata compaction
NETAPP INC1 citations71
US11416356B2Aug 16, 2022
Network storage failover systems and associated methods
NETAPP INC2 citations71
US10852994B2Dec 1, 2020
Metadata compaction
NETAPP INC3 citations71
US10853328B2Dec 1, 2020
Techniques for asynchronous snapshot invalidation
NETAPP INC1 citations71
US9348532B1May 24, 2016
System and method for invalidation walk-through of inodes
NETAPP INC3 citations68
US9335949B1May 10, 2016
System and method for deferring invalidation of inodes of a volume during volume invalidation
NETAPP INC3 citations68
US12265473B2Apr 1, 2025
In-memory hash entries and hashes used to improve key search operations for keys of a key value store
NETAPP INC1 citations63
US12204800B2Jan 21, 2025
Prefetching keys for garbage collection
NETAPP INC1 citations63
US12536141B2Jan 27, 2026
Defragmentation for log structured merge tree to improve read and write amplification
NETAPP INC0 citations61
US12210429B2Jan 28, 2025
Network storage failover systems and associated methods
NETAPP INC0 citations61
US12073123B2Aug 27, 2024
Metadata compaction
NETAPP INC0 citations61
US11762744B2Sep 19, 2023
Network storage failover systems and associated methods
NETAPP INC0 citations61
US7533108B1May 12, 2009
Proximity based lossless compression of client information in a network device
NETAPP INC4 citations61
US11960453B2Apr 16, 2024
Techniques for asynchronous snapshot invalidation
NETAPP INC0 citations60
US11216350B2Jan 4, 2022
Network storage failover systems and associated methods
NETAPP INC0 citations50
US11269744B2Mar 8, 2022
Network storage failover systems and associated methods
NETAPP INC0 citations48