Inventor
KESAVAN RAM
IN42 patents
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NETAPP INC
35 patentsUS8812450B1Aug 19, 2014
Systems and methods for instantaneous cloning
NETAPP INC96 citations98
US7689609B2Mar 30, 2010
Architecture for supporting sparse volumes
NETAPP INC529 citations98
US11063601B1Jul 13, 2021
File system format for persistent memory
NETAPP INC17 citations94
US9043287B2May 26, 2015
Deduplication in an extent-based architecture
NETAPP INC31 citations94
US9529551B2Dec 27, 2016
Systems and methods for instantaneous cloning
NETAPP INC23 citations92
US11714782B2Aug 1, 2023
Coordinating snapshot operations across multiple file systems
NETAPP INC15 citations85
US11861199B2Jan 2, 2024
Data management across a persistent memory tier and a file system tier
NETAPP INC1 citations73
US11836363B2Dec 5, 2023
Block allocation for persistent memory during aggregate transition
NETAPP INC1 citations73
US11822821B2Nov 21, 2023
Write ordering for persistent memory
NETAPP INC1 citations73
US11611348B2Mar 21, 2023
File system format for persistent memory
NETAPP INC1 citations73
US11397534B2Jul 26, 2022
Data management across a persistent memory tier and a file system tier
NETAPP INC2 citations73
US11340804B2May 24, 2022
Block allocation for persistent memory during aggregate transition
NETAPP INC3 citations73
US11226869B2Jan 18, 2022
Persistent memory architecture
NETAPP INC4 citations73
US11188266B2Nov 30, 2021
Write ordering for persistent memory
NETAPP INC4 citations73
US11249869B1Feb 15, 2022
Failover methods and system in a networked storage environment
NETAPP INC3 citations72
US9612760B2Apr 4, 2017
Modular block-allocator for data storage systems
NETAPP INC4 citations72
US10769024B2Sep 8, 2020
Incremental transfer with unused data block reclamation
NETAPP INC2 citations71
US9557937B2Jan 31, 2017
Systems, methods, and computer program products implementing hybrid file structures for data storage
NETAPP INC2 citations69
US12417038B2Sep 16, 2025
Block allocation for persistent memory during aggregate transition
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12366982B2Jul 22, 2025
Data management across a persistent memory tier and a file system tier
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12339755B2Jun 24, 2025
Failover methods and system in a networked storage environment
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12210422B2Jan 28, 2025
Persistent memory architecture
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12169472B2Dec 17, 2024
Coordinating snapshot operations across multiple file systems
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12141481B2Nov 12, 2024
Write ordering for persistent memory
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12119836B2Oct 15, 2024
File system format for persistent memory
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US11994998B2May 28, 2024
Low-overhead atomic writes for persistent memory
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US11748208B2Sep 5, 2023
Persistent memory architecture
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US11714731B2Aug 1, 2023
Failover methods and system in a networked storage environment
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US11341056B2May 24, 2022
Low-overhead atomic writes for persistent memory
NETAPP INC1 citations62
US10983709B2Apr 20, 2021
Methods for improving journal performance in storage networks and devices thereof
NETAPP INC0 citations62
US12066897B2Aug 20, 2024
Persistent memory file system reconciliation
NETAPP INC0 citations61
US11630733B2Apr 18, 2023
Persistent memory file system reconciliation
NETAPP INC1 citations61
US10552057B2Feb 4, 2020
Methods for improving journal performance in storage networks and devices thereof
NETAPP INC0 citations51
US10140021B2Nov 27, 2018
Adaptive data-partitioning model that responds to observed workload
NETAPP INC1 citations51
US10210056B2Feb 19, 2019
Methods for filesystem metadata caching to improve failover performance and devices thereof
NETAPP INC0 citations34