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Douglas W. Coatney
Also filed as: COATNEY DOUGLAS · COATNEY DOUGLAS W · Coatney Douglas Wayne
21 granted patents·358 citations·filing 2003–2019
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21 records- 0195US7389396B1Bounding I/O service timeNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 17, 2008·60 cites·27 claims
- 0293US7451355B1System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memoryNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 11, 2008·34 cites·11 claims
- 0391US7529982B1Method and an apparatus for aggressively detecting media errors on storage devices with negligible performance impactNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 5, 2009·10 cites·24 claims
- 0490US7661020B1System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errorsNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 9, 2010·17 cites·19 claims
- 0589US7984328B1System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errorsNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 19, 2011·15 cites·19 claims
- 0688US7996724B1System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memoryNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 9, 2011·7 cites·31 claims
- 0787US7890810B1Method and apparatus for deterministic fault injection of storage shelves in a storage subsystemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 15, 2011·18 cites·16 claims
- 0887US7275179B1System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors in a disk subsystemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 25, 2007·35 cites·10 claims
- 0986US7278067B1Method and an apparatus for aggressively detecting media errors on storage devices with negligible performance impactNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 2, 2007·39 cites·6 claims
- 1085US7293203B1System and method for logging disk failure analysis in disk nonvolatile memoryNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 6, 2007·39 cites·9 claims
- 1185US7191437B1System and method for reliable disk firmware update within a networked storage fabricNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 13, 2007·47 cites·20 claims
- 1283US7447938B1System and method for reducing unrecoverable media errors in a disk subsystemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 4, 2008·9 cites·26 claims
- 1381US8832368B1Method and apparatus for slicing mass storage devicesCOATNEY SUSAN M·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 9, 2014·7 cites·20 claims
- 1471US7340642B1Method and an apparatus to maintain storage devices in a storage systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 4, 2008·16 cites·30 claims
- 1569US10558547B2Methods for proactive prediction of disk failure in a RAID group and devices thereofNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 11, 2020·2 cites·12 claims
- 1666US7484117B1Method and apparatus for detecting and remedying excessive loop initializationNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 27, 2009·3 cites·18 claims
- 1755US9811454B2Creating logical disk drives for raid subsystemsNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 7, 2017·0 cites·22 claims
- 1853US11481335B2Methods for using extended physical region page lists to improve performance for solid-state drives and devices thereofNETAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 25, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 1948US10275155B2Methods for autonomous disk ownership assignment of nodes in a storage network with a multi-path configuration and devices thereofNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 30, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 2038US7734836B2Method and apparatus for dynamically qualifying mass storage devicesCOATNEY DOUGLAS W·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·0 cites·8 claims
- 2136US10268375B2Methods for proactive prediction of disk failure in the disk maintenance pipeline and devices thereofNETAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 23, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
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