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John K. Edwards
Also filed as: EDWARDS JOHN · EDWARDS JOHN K
75 granted patents·4 pending applications·3,150 citations·filing 2000–2019
99Inventor score
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79 records- 0198US7409494B2Extension of write anywhere file system layoutNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 5, 2008·165 cites·93 claims
- 0298US7409522B1Method and system for reallocating data in a file systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·89 cites·17 claims
- 0398US7072916B1Instant snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 4, 2006·186 cites·27 claims
- 0498US7043485B2System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote fileNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 9, 2006·219 cites·21 claims
- 0598US6857001B2Multiple concurrent active file systemsNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 15, 2005·164 cites·63 claims
- 0698US6636879B1Space allocation in a write anywhere file systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 21, 2003·253 cites·39 claims
- 0797US8555022B1Assimilation of foreign LUNS into a network storage systemEDWARDS JOHN K·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 8, 2013·55 cites·39 claims
- 0897US7409511B2Cloning technique for efficiently creating a copy of a volume in a storage systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 5, 2008·149 cites·35 claims
- 0997US7334095B1Writable clone of read-only volumeNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 19, 2008·160 cites·29 claims
- 1097US7249150B1System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 24, 2007·150 cites·10 claims
- 1197US7051050B2System and method for restoring a single file from a snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 23, 2006·184 cites·25 claims
- 1296US9953168B1Secure boot of virtualized computing instancesBRACKET COMPUTING INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 24, 2018·32 cites·18 claims
- 1396US8443153B1Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage systemEDWARDS JOHN K·Filed 2010·Granted May 14, 2013·56 cites·39 claims
- 1496US6751635B1File deletion and truncation using a zombie file spaceNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 15, 2004·154 cites·27 claims
- 1595US7877357B1Providing a simulated dynamic image of a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 25, 2011·67 cites·12 claims
- 1695US7644109B2System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote fileNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 5, 2010·39 cites·29 claims
- 1794US8903830B2Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocationNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 2, 2014·24 cites·11 claims
- 1894US7809693B2System and method for restoring data on demand for instant volume restorationNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 5, 2010·40 cites·38 claims
- 1994US6978283B1File system defragmentation technique via write allocationNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 20, 2005·93 cites·24 claims
- 2093US9578064B2Automatic tuning of virtual data center resource utilization policiesBRACKET COMPUTING INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 21, 2017·11 cites·18 claims
- 2193US7562078B1Retention of active data stored in memoryNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 14, 2009·28 cites·14 claims
- 2293US7321962B1Technique for translating a hybrid virtual volume file system into a pure virtual file system data streamNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 22, 2008·34 cites·19 claims
- 2393US6728922B1Dynamic data spaceNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 27, 2004·93 cites·42 claims
- 2492US7970770B2Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocationNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·19 cites·41 claims
- 2592US7072910B2File folding techniqueNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 4, 2006·82 cites·32 claims
- 2691US7930275B2System and method for restoring and reconciling a single file from an active file system and a snapshotNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 19, 2011·24 cites·15 claims
- 2791US7930326B2Space allocation in a write anywhere file systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 19, 2011·19 cites·18 claims
- 2891US7734888B1Capacity guarantees in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 8, 2010·29 cites·13 claims
- 2991US7454445B2Write allocation based on storage system map and snapshotNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 18, 2008·62 cites·14 claims
- 3090US7698306B2System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 13, 2010·17 cites·23 claims
- 3189US9306978B2Automatic tuning of virtual data center resource utilization policiesBRACKET COMPUTING INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 5, 2016·11 cites·48 claims
- 3289US8825963B1Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 2, 2014·11 cites·28 claims
- 3389US6895413B2System and method for performing an on-line check of a file systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 17, 2005·60 cites·5 claims
- 3488US7593975B2File system defragmentation technique to reallocate data blocks if such reallocation results in improved layoutNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 22, 2009·19 cites·11 claims
- 3587US7552146B1Method and apparatus for offline and online consistency checking of aggregates and flexible volumesNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 23, 2009·19 cites·28 claims
- 3686US7685169B2Multiple concurrent active file systemsNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 23, 2010·13 cites·21 claims
- 3785US9335932B2Storage unit selection for virtualized storage unitsBRACKET COMPUTING INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 10, 2016·8 cites·27 claims
- 3885US8793223B1Online data consistency checking in a network storage system with optional committal of remedial changesCHO YONG·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 29, 2014·24 cites·8 claims
- 3985US8301673B2System and method for performing distributed consistency verification of a clustered file systemHYER JR ROBERT WYCKOFF·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 30, 2012·27 cites·42 claims
- 4085US7243207B1Technique for translating a pure virtual file system data stream into a hybrid virtual volumeNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 10, 2007·40 cites·20 claims
- 4184US7574464B2System and method for enabling a storage system to support multiple volume formats simultaneouslyNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 11, 2009·20 cites·4 claims
- 4282US7962531B2Multiple concurrent active file systemsNETAPP INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 14, 2011·5 cites·30 claims
- 4382US7430571B2Extension of write anywhere file layout write allocationNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·21 cites·13 claims
- 4480US8321401B2User interface with available multimedia content from multiple multimedia websitesEDWARDS JOHN·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 27, 2012·10 cites·41 claims
- 4580US7467282B2Migrating a traditional volume to a virtual volume in a storage systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 16, 2008·12 cites·17 claims
- 4679US7937367B2System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage applianceNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted May 3, 2011·6 cites·26 claims
- 4778US7730277B1System and method for using pvbn placeholders in a flexible volume of a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 1, 2010·27 cites·52 claims
- 4876US8122286B1Technique for increasing the number of persistent consistency point images in a file systemENG EMILY·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 21, 2012·13 cites·15 claims
- 4975US8135674B2Providing a simulated dynamic image of a file systemWU STEPHEN·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 13, 2012·4 cites·9 claims
- 5074US7313720B1Technique for increasing the number of persistent consistency point images in a file systemNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 25, 2007·24 cites·20 claims
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