Inventor
EDWARDS JOHN K
US61 patents
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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC
24 patentsUS7409511B2Aug 5, 2008
Cloning technique for efficiently creating a copy of a volume in a storage system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC149 citations99
US7409494B2Aug 5, 2008
Extension of write anywhere file system layout
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC165 citations99
US7334095B1Feb 19, 2008
Writable clone of read-only volume
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC160 citations99
US7249150B1Jul 24, 2007
System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage appliance
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC150 citations99
US7072916B1Jul 4, 2006
Instant snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC186 citations99
US7051050B2May 23, 2006
System and method for restoring a single file from a snapshot
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC184 citations99
US7043485B2May 9, 2006
System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC219 citations99
US6751635B1Jun 15, 2004
File deletion and truncation using a zombie file space
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC154 citations99
US6636879B1Oct 21, 2003
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC253 citations99
US7409522B1Aug 5, 2008
Method and system for reallocating data in a file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC89 citations98
US7072910B2Jul 4, 2006
File folding technique
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC82 citations98
US6895413B2May 17, 2005
System and method for performing an on-line check of a file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC60 citations96
US6728922B1Apr 27, 2004
Dynamic data space
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC93 citations96
US6978283B1Dec 20, 2005
File system defragmentation technique via write allocation
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC93 citations95
US7430571B2Sep 30, 2008
Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocation
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC21 citations93
US7321962B1Jan 22, 2008
Technique for translating a hybrid virtual volume file system into a pure virtual file system data stream
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC34 citations93
US7243207B1Jul 10, 2007
Technique for translating a pure virtual file system data stream into a hybrid virtual volume
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC40 citations93
US7930326B2Apr 19, 2011
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC19 citations92
US7552146B1Jun 23, 2009
Method and apparatus for offline and online consistency checking of aggregates and flexible volumes
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC19 citations92
US7313720B1Dec 25, 2007
Technique for increasing the number of persistent consistency point images in a file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC24 citations91
US7003714B1Feb 21, 2006
Dynamic data space
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC17 citations91
US7499959B2Mar 3, 2009
System and method for performing an on-line check of a file system
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC8 citations84
US7194595B1Mar 20, 2007
Technique for translating a hybrid virtual volume file system into a pure virtual file system data stream
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC14 citations84
US7444361B2Oct 28, 2008
File folding technique
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC4 citations63
NETAPP INC
16 patentsUS8903830B2Dec 2, 2014
Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocation
NETAPP INC24 citations93
US7970770B2Jun 28, 2011
Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocation
NETAPP INC19 citations93
US7574464B2Aug 11, 2009
System and method for enabling a storage system to support multiple volume formats simultaneously
NETAPP INC20 citations93
US7930275B2Apr 19, 2011
System and method for restoring and reconciling a single file from an active file system and a snapshot
NETAPP INC24 citations92
US7809693B2Oct 5, 2010
System and method for restoring data on demand for instant volume restoration
NETAPP INC40 citations92
US7734888B1Jun 8, 2010
Capacity guarantees in a storage system
NETAPP INC29 citations92
US7730277B1Jun 1, 2010
System and method for using pvbn placeholders in a flexible volume of a storage system
NETAPP INC27 citations92
US7698306B2Apr 13, 2010
System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage appliance
NETAPP INC17 citations92
US7644109B2Jan 5, 2010
System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file
NETAPP INC39 citations92
US7593975B2Sep 22, 2009
File system defragmentation technique to reallocate data blocks if such reallocation results in improved layout
NETAPP INC19 citations90
US8825963B1Sep 2, 2014
Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage system
NETAPP INC11 citations83
US7962531B2Jun 14, 2011
Multiple concurrent active file systems
NETAPP INC5 citations74
US7937367B2May 3, 2011
System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage appliance
NETAPP INC6 citations74
US8990539B2Mar 24, 2015
Extension of write anywhere file system layout
NETAPP INC1 citations63
US7734597B2Jun 8, 2010
System and method performing an on-line check of a file system
NETAPP INC3 citations63
US11169972B2Nov 9, 2021
Handling data extent size asymmetry during logical replication in a storage system
NETAPP INC0 citations62
BRACKET COMPUTING INC
4 patentsUS9953168B1Apr 24, 2018
Secure boot of virtualized computing instances
BRACKET COMPUTING INC32 citations93
US9578064B2Feb 21, 2017
Automatic tuning of virtual data center resource utilization policies
BRACKET COMPUTING INC11 citations83
US9335932B2May 10, 2016
Storage unit selection for virtualized storage units
BRACKET COMPUTING INC8 citations83
US9306978B2Apr 5, 2016
Automatic tuning of virtual data center resource utilization policies
BRACKET COMPUTING INC11 citations83
EDWARDS JOHN K
3 patentsUS8555022B1Oct 8, 2013
Assimilation of foreign LUNS into a network storage system
EDWARDS JOHN K55 citations97
US8443153B1May 14, 2013
Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage system
EDWARDS JOHN K56 citations96
US8099576B1Jan 17, 2012
Extension of write anywhere file system layout
EDWARDS JOHN K4 citations73
ENG EMILY
1 patentCHO YONG
1 patentHYER JR ROBERT WYCKOFF
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