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Derek Beard
Also filed as: BEARD DEREK · BEARD DEREK WILLIAM
20 granted patents·13 pending applications·79 citations·filing 2013–2023
92Inventor score
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33 records- 0195US11822949B2Guest cluster deployed as virtual extension of management cluster in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 21, 2023·10 cites·20 claims
- 0294US11556373B2Pod deployment in a guest cluster executing as a virtual extension of management cluster in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 17, 2023·4 cites·20 claims
- 0394US9355036B2System and method for operating a system to cache a networked file system utilizing tiered storage and customizable eviction policies based on priority and tiersNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 31, 2016·41 cites·11 claims
- 0482US9304997B2Asynchronously migrating a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 5, 2016·10 cites·23 claims
- 0579US11720382B2Declarative VM management for a container orchestrator in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 8, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 0676US11762681B2Dynamic configuration of virtual objectsVMWARE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 19, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 0775US11593139B2Software compatibility checking for managed clusters in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 28, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 0874US12242882B2Guest cluster deployed as virtual extension of management cluster in a virtualized computing systemVMware LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 0972US10853333B2System and method for developing and implementing a migration plan for migrating a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 1, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1071US10564996B2Parentless virtual machine forkingVMWARE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 18, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1170US11334540B2Namespace hierarchy preservation with multiple object storage objectsNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 17, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 1267US9633038B2Detecting out-of-band (OOB) changes when replicating a source file system using an in-line systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 25, 2017·1 cites·15 claims
- 1367US2023342168A1Declarative vm management for a container orchestrator in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1466US2023153145A1Pod deployment in a guest cluster executing as a virtual extension of management cluster in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1565US9311314B2System and method for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system with use of attribute manipulationNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·2 cites·17 claims
- 1663US11681668B2System and method for developing and implementing a migration plan for migrating a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 20, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 1763US9300692B2System and method for implementing data migration while preserving security policies of a source filerNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 29, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 1861US12455754B2Data plane isolation for virtual machine (VM) mobility operationsVMware LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 28, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 1961US10929419B2Object storage backed file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 23, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2055US12333321B2Application-assisted live migrationVMware LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 17, 2025·0 cites·15 claims
- 2151US9311331B2Detecting out-of-band (OOB) changes when replicating a source file system using an in-line systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·0 cites·12 claims
- 2250US2024143359A1Instant cluster deployment for virtual machinesVMWARE INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 2349US2016182570A1System and method for implementing data migration while preserving security policies of a source filerNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 2445US2022229683A1Multi-process virtual machine migration in a virtualized computing systemVMWARE INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2544US11863352B2Hierarchical networking for nested container clustersVMWARE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 2, 2024·0 cites·10 claims
- 2644US2014082295A1Detection of out-of-band access to a cached file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2742US2014082128A1Dynamic detection and selection of file servers in a caching application or systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2840US2015066846A1System and method for asynchronous replication of a network-based file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2937US2017315882A1Protected write-back cache transaction replicationNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3032US2014082129A1System and method for managing a system of appliances that are attached to a networked file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3129US2017249331A1Adapting to heterogeneous backend targets in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3226US2017091262A1Object storage backed file system cacheNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3326US2017091215A1Write-back cache transaction replication to object-based storageNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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