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SICOLA STEPHEN J
US48 patents
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HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO
26 patentsUS7111189B1Sep 19, 2006
Method for transaction log failover merging during asynchronous operations in a data storage network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO156 citations99
US6658540B1Dec 2, 2003
Method for transaction command ordering in a remote data replication system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO182 citations99
US6643795B1Nov 4, 2003
Controller-based bi-directional remote copy system with storage site failover capability
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO428 citations99
US7032131B2Apr 18, 2006
System and method for ensuring merge completion in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO138 citations98
US6947981B2Sep 20, 2005
Flexible data replication mechanism
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO173 citations98
US6601187B1Jul 29, 2003
System for data replication using redundant pairs of storage controllers, fibre channel fabrics and links therebetween
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO174 citations98
US7149769B2Dec 12, 2006
System and method for multi-destination merge in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO86 citations97
US7007042B2Feb 28, 2006
System and method for automatic site failover in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO108 citations97
US6880052B2Apr 12, 2005
Storage area network, data replication and storage controller, and method for replicating data using virtualized volumes
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO141 citations97
US6658590B1Dec 2, 2003
Controller-based transaction logging system for data recovery in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO182 citations97
US6629264B1Sep 30, 2003
Controller-based remote copy system with logical unit grouping
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO183 citations97
US7058848B2Jun 6, 2006
Controller-based remote copy system with logical unit grouping
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO68 citations96
US6934826B2Aug 23, 2005
System and method for dynamically allocating memory and managing memory allocated to logging in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO54 citations96
US6618794B1Sep 9, 2003
System for generating a point-in-time copy of data in a data storage system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO177 citations95
US6571324B1May 27, 2003
Warmswap of failed memory modules and data reconstruction in a mirrored writeback cache system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO58 citations95
US7542987B2Jun 2, 2009
Automatic site failover
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO19 citations92
US6996672B2Feb 7, 2006
System and method for active-active data replication
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO51 citations92
US6928513B2Aug 9, 2005
System and method for managing data logging memory in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO49 citations92
US6889345B2May 3, 2005
System and method for locating a failed storage device in a data storage system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO32 citations89
US6912599B2Jun 28, 2005
Method and apparatus for sensing positions of device enclosures within multi-shelf cabinets
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO20 citations86
US7886298B2Feb 8, 2011
Data transfer protocol for data replication between multiple pairs of storage controllers on a san fabric
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO9 citations84
US7542986B2Jun 2, 2009
System and method for maintaining order for a replicated multi-unit I/O stream
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO17 citations84
US6996691B2Feb 7, 2006
Method for transaction command ordering in a remote data replication system
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO11 citations84
US6920511B2Jul 19, 2005
Method and apparatus for controlling communications in data storage complexes
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO14 citations82
US6988136B2Jan 17, 2006
Unified management system and method for multi-cabinet data storage complexes
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO16 citations80
US7137032B2Nov 14, 2006
System and method for ensuring merge completion in a storage area network
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO3 citations62
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP
7 patentsUS5790775AAug 4, 1998
Host transparent storage controller failover/failback of SCSI targets and associated units
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP362 citations97
US5974506AOct 26, 1999
Enabling mirror, nonmirror and partial mirror cache modes in a dual cache system
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP120 citations96
US5826001AOct 20, 1998
Reconstructing data blocks in a raid array data storage system having storage device metadata and raid set metadata
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP72 citations95
US5933592AAug 3, 1999
Promoting device level error to raidset level error to restore redundacy in a raid array data storage system
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP40 citations92
US5479413ADec 26, 1995
Method for testing large memory arrays during system initialization
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP28 citations91
US5461588AOct 24, 1995
Memory testing with preservation of in-use data
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP30 citations89
US5938776AAug 17, 1999
Detection of SCSI devices at illegal locations
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP31 citations86
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
6 patentsUS7350046B2Mar 25, 2008
Managed reliability storage system and method monitoring storage conditions
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC30 citations92
US7984258B2Jul 19, 2011
Distributed storage system with global sparing
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC9 citations84
US8024602B2Sep 20, 2011
Multipath redundant storage system architecture and method
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC10 citations80
US7966449B2Jun 21, 2011
Distributed storage system with global replication
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations63
US7913038B2Mar 22, 2011
Distributed storage system with accelerated striping
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations63
US7644228B2Jan 5, 2010
Distributed storage system with global replication
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations63
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP
3 patentsUS6279078B1Aug 21, 2001
Apparatus and method for synchronizing a cache mode in a dual controller, dual cache memory system operating in a plurality of cache modes
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP155 citations98
US6161192ADec 12, 2000
Raid array data storage system with storage device consistency bits and raidset consistency bits
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP114 citations97
US6356979B1Mar 12, 2002
System and method for selectively presenting logical storage units to multiple host operating systems in a networked computing system
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP58 citations96