Inventor
KUBO ROBERT AKIRA
US33 patents
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IBM
30 patentsUS8370715B2Feb 5, 2013
Error checking addressable blocks in storage
IBM63 citations97
US7546478B2Jun 9, 2009
Apparatus and method to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system
IBM57 citations97
US7849356B2Dec 7, 2010
Parity data management system apparatus and method
IBM21 citations92
US7254686B2Aug 7, 2007
Switching between mirrored and non-mirrored volumes
IBM43 citations92
US7941628B2May 10, 2011
Allocation of heterogeneous storage devices to spares and storage arrays
IBM9 citations84
US7937602B2May 3, 2011
System and method for thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system based on current distribution network configuration
IBM12 citations84
US7747900B2Jun 29, 2010
Thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system based on vital product data
IBM15 citations84
US7694029B2Apr 6, 2010
Detecting miscabling in a storage area network
IBM18 citations84
US7627714B2Dec 1, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for preventing write starvation in a partitioned cache of a storage controller
IBM13 citations84
US7337357B2Feb 26, 2008
Apparatus, system, and method for limiting failures in redundant signals
IBM11 citations84
US7321174B2Jan 22, 2008
Apparatus, system, and method for maximizing power system holdup time during loss of input power
IBM16 citations84
US7783917B2Aug 24, 2010
Selection of data arrays
IBM8 citations83
US7584325B2Sep 1, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for providing a RAID storage system in a processor blade enclosure
IBM14 citations82
US7661012B2Feb 9, 2010
Spare device management
IBM4 citations63
US7617373B2Nov 10, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for presenting a storage volume as a virtual volume
IBM4 citations63
US7506200B2Mar 17, 2009
Apparatus and method to reconfigure a storage array disposed in a data storage system
IBM5 citations63
US7281142B2Oct 9, 2007
Apparatus, system, and method for securely providing power supply commands
IBM4 citations63
US7596723B2Sep 29, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for selective cross communications between autonomous storage modules
IBM2 citations62
US7240242B2Jul 3, 2007
Apparatus and method to convert data payloads from a first sector format to a second sector format
IBM3 citations62
US7917660B2Mar 29, 2011
Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication in accordance with port enablement sequencing of a zoneable switch
IBM2 citations61
US7877590B2Jan 25, 2011
Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication
IBM4 citations61
US7716309B2May 11, 2010
Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication
IBM2 citations61
US7669007B2Feb 23, 2010
Mirrored redundant array of independent disks (RAID) random access performance enhancement
IBM2 citations61
US7519693B2Apr 14, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for integrating an enclosure
IBM2 citations61
US7814071B2Oct 12, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining dynamic persistent data
IBM4 citations60
US7992072B2Aug 2, 2011
Management of redundancy in data arrays
IBM0 citations52
US7958263B2Jun 7, 2011
Address reduction for data storage enclosures
IBM0 citations41
US7865708B2Jan 4, 2011
Consistent data storage subsystem configuration replication in accordance with sequence information
IBM0 citations40
US7757015B2Jul 13, 2010
Device, method and computer program product readable medium for determining the identity of a component
IBM0 citations40
US7627788B2Dec 1, 2009
RFID active/passive tag identifying failed sub-CRU and location within higher level CRU
IBM0 citations40