Inventor
BEESTON RALPH THOMAS
US16 patents
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IBM
12 patentsUS6857044B2Feb 15, 2005
Data storage device for fast multiple file write operations
IBM30 citations91
US6832287B2Dec 14, 2004
System for fast tape file positioning
IBM16 citations90
US7409442B2Aug 5, 2008
Method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second device
IBM18 citations89
US7567886B2Jul 28, 2009
Method to validate system configuration in a data storage and retrieval system
IBM11 citations82
US6868487B2Mar 15, 2005
Data storage device and method for storing information using alternate information storage architectures
IBM13 citations82
US6854052B2Feb 8, 2005
Method to validate system configuration
IBM12 citations82
US7020742B2Mar 28, 2006
System for fast tape file positioning
IBM8 citations71
US7779110B2Aug 17, 2010
Apparatus, system, and method for communicating control messages between a first device and a second device
IBM6 citations69
US8028201B2Sep 27, 2011
Leveled logging data automation for virtual tape server applications
IBM4 citations60
US7117333B2Oct 3, 2006
Apparatus, system, and method to estimate memory for recovering data
IBM5 citations59
US11068188B2Jul 20, 2021
Monitored migration of copies of volumes of data between clusters of a virtual tape library system
IBM1 citations53
US7664995B2Feb 16, 2010
Transfer of application loggin status information across subsystem nodes
IBM0 citations49