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Ian Davies
Also filed as: DAVIES IAN · DAVIES IAN R · DAVIES IAN ROBERT
59 granted patents·5 pending applications·919 citations·filing 1997–2025
99Inventor score
Files withDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP24SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC22DAVIES IAN ROBERT5BGC PARTNERS LP4FIRST 4 INTERNET LTD3
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64 records- 0197US7340555B2RAID system for performing efficient mirrored posted-write operationsDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 4, 2008·79 cites·53 claims
- 0297US7315911B2Method for efficient inter-processor communication in an active-active RAID system using PCI-express linksDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 1, 2008·111 cites·82 claims
- 0395US12235961B1Malware mitigating storage controllerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 25, 2025·5 cites·18 claims
- 0494US11314433B1Remote deduplication of data in a storage systemSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 26, 2022·5 cites·26 claims
- 0594US8185777B2Network storage appliance with integrated server and redundant storage controllersDAVIES IAN ROBERT·Filed 2009·Granted May 22, 2012·22 cites·18 claims
- 0693US7536584B2Fault-isolating SAS expanderDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 19, 2009·35 cites·58 claims
- 0793US7464214B2Application server blade for embedded storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·18 cites·20 claims
- 0892US10055149B2Intelligent snapshot tree replicationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 21, 2018·10 cites·17 claims
- 0991US7536508B2System and method for sharing SATA drives in active-active RAID controller systemDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted May 19, 2009·27 cites·60 claims
- 1091US7437604B2Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 14, 2008·14 cites·27 claims
- 1191US7380163B2Apparatus and method for deterministically performing active-active failover of redundant servers in response to a heartbeat link failureDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 27, 2008·38 cites·44 claims
- 1290US11429587B1Multiple duration deduplication entriesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 30, 2022·8 cites·20 claims
- 1390US10409682B1Distributed RAID systemSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 10, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 1489US10706082B1Deduplication database managementSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 7, 2020·7 cites·14 claims
- 1589US7320083B2Apparatus and method for storage controller to deterministically kill one of redundant servers integrated within the storage controller chassisDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 15, 2008·30 cites·51 claims
- 1689US6732243B2Data mirroring using shared busesCHAPARRAL NETWORK STORAGE INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 4, 2004·75 cites·27 claims
- 1788US7536495B2Certified memory-to-memory data transfer between active-active raid controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 19, 2009·21 cites·55 claims
- 1887US11119862B2Delta information volumes to enable chained replication of data by uploading snapshots of data to cloudSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 14, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 1987US7543096B2Safe message transfers on PCI-Express link from RAID controller to receiver-programmable window of partner RAID controller CPU memoryDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·17 cites·64 claims
- 2087US7334064B2Application server blade for embedded storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 19, 2008·24 cites·35 claims
- 2185US6012123AExternal I/O controller system for an independent access parity disk arrayADAPTEC INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 4, 2000·125 cites·15 claims
- 2284US7401254B2Apparatus and method for a server deterministically killing a redundant server integrated within the same network storage appliance chassisDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 15, 2008·37 cites·68 claims
- 2384US7330999B2Network storage appliance with integrated redundant servers and storage controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 12, 2008·20 cites·84 claims
- 2483US10990474B1Cost-benefit aware read-amplification in RAID scrubbingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 27, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2582US8321646B2Method and apparatus for rebalancing storage components within a storage tierDAVIES IAN ROBERT·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 27, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 2682US7539799B2Method and apparatus for identifying enclosures and devicesDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 26, 2009·10 cites·20 claims
- 2780US11552865B2Networks for packet monitoring and replayBGC PARTNERS LP·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 10, 2023·2 cites·6 claims
- 2880US11379150B2Disk array using multiple actuator drives with logical units coupled to active and passive serversSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 5, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 2980US7146448B2Apparatus and method for adopting an orphan I/O port in a redundant storage controllerDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 5, 2006·24 cites·81 claims
- 3079US7464205B2Application server blade for embedded storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·4 cites·7 claims
- 3178US7107320B2Data mirroring between controllers in an active-active controller pairDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 12, 2006·29 cites·16 claims
- 3278US2024348515A1Networks for packet monitoring and replayBGC PARTNERS LP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3377US10877844B2Using deletable user data storage space to recover from drive array failureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 29, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 3475US12052149B2Networks for packet monitoring and replayBGC PARTNERS LP·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 30, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 3575US10783029B2Data replication in a storage systemSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 22, 2020·2 cites·23 claims
- 3675US2025348224A1Wear leveling and grouping of drives based on position in chassisSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3773US12379851B1Wear leveling and grouping of drives based on position in chassisSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3873US7661014B2Network storage appliance with integrated server and redundant storage controllersDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 9, 2010·9 cites·45 claims
- 3973US7627780B2Apparatus and method for deterministically performing active-active failover of redundant servers in a network storage applianceDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 1, 2009·17 cites·51 claims
- 4073US7565566B2Network storage appliance with an integrated switchDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 21, 2009·18 cites·69 claims
- 4172US7676600B2Network, storage appliance, and method for externalizing an internal I/O link between a server and a storage controller integrated within the storage appliance chassisDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 9, 2010·8 cites·52 claims
- 4270US10884889B2Allocating part of a raid stripe to repair a second raid stripeSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 5, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 4370US9225441B2System and apparatus for locating faults in a cable networkSTRACHAN FRANK·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 29, 2015·4 cites·39 claims
- 4469US8990542B2Efficient metadata protection system for data storageDAVIES IAN ROBERT·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 4568US10394482B2Snap tree arbitrary replicationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 27, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 4665US7277995B2Storage controller and method for performing host access control in the host interface adapterDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 2, 2007·12 cites·69 claims
- 4765US6925530B2Initialization of a storage systemDOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·12 cites·20 claims
- 4861US11977445B2Host-level outer codesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 7, 2024·0 cites·9 claims
- 4960US10594572B2Networks for packet monitoring and replayBGC PARTNERS LP·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 17, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 5060US6754750B2Method for automatically detecting and correcting duplicate controller SCSI idsCHAPARRAL NETWORK STORAGE INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 22, 2004·8 cites·32 claims
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