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Nicolas M. Clayton
Also filed as: CLAYTON NICOLAS M · CLAYTON NICOLAS MARC
54 granted patents·2 pending applications·179 citations·filing 2005–2022
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56 records- 0198US10261868B2Using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-timeIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 16, 2019·36 cites·24 claims
- 0293US7627729B2Apparatus, system, and method for an improved synchronous mirror swapIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 1, 2009·40 cites·28 claims
- 0390US9344498B2Policy-based management of storage functions in data replication environmentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 17, 2016·6 cites·7 claims
- 0489US10372548B2Copying data from multiple point-in-time copies to a log storage to use to roll-back a source storageIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 6, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 0589US8788772B2Maintaining mirror and storage system copies of volumes at multiple remote sitesCLAYTON NICOLAS M·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 22, 2014·13 cites·11 claims
- 0686US9501327B2Concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processesIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·9 cites·20 claims
- 0785US10956281B2Using a forward log storage and backward log storage to recover a storage to a forward or backward point-in-timeIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·3 cites·17 claims
- 0885US9575800B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·8 cites·23 claims
- 0984US8990158B2Copy of replication status for synchronizationIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 24, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 1084US8990264B2Policy-based management of storage functions in data replication environmentsCLAYTON NICOLAS MARC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·7 cites·8 claims
- 1183US9063997B2Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groupsIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 23, 2015·5 cites·16 claims
- 1282US10789132B2Performing a recovery copy command to create a recovery volume for a consistency groupIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 29, 2020·3 cites·18 claims
- 1382US9563366B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 7, 2017·6 cites·24 claims
- 1481US8788768B2Maintaining mirror and storage system copies of volumes at multiple remote sitesCLAYTON NICOLAS M·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 22, 2014·6 cites·22 claims
- 1580US11275514B2Expanding storage capacity for implementing logical corruption protectionIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 15, 2022·1 cites·23 claims
- 1680US9264493B2Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groupsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 16, 2016·2 cites·21 claims
- 1779US10528256B2Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency groupIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·2 cites·25 claims
- 1878US10223210B2Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groupsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 5, 2019·2 cites·24 claims
- 1978US8990263B2Policy-based management of storage functions in data replication environmentsCLAYTON NICOLAS MARC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 24, 2015·4 cites·16 claims
- 2076US11175999B2Management of backup volume extents via a tiered storage mechanismIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2173US10360112B2Restoration of data when point in time copy operations are performed during asynchronous copyIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 23, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 2272US11132271B2Determining which target is most ahead in a multi-target mirroring environmentINT BUSIINESS MACHINES CORPORATION·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 28, 2021·2 cites·24 claims
- 2372US8751762B2Prevention of overlay of production data by point in time copy operations in a host based asynchronous mirroring environmentCLAYTON NICOLAS M·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·3 cites·14 claims
- 2470US11947808B2Expanding storage capacity for implementing logical corruption protectionIBM·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 2, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 2570US11182081B2Performing a recovery copy command to restore a safeguarded copy backup to a production volumeIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 23, 2021·1 cites·18 claims
- 2667US9213752B2Asynchronous pausing of the formation of consistency groupsIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 15, 2015·1 cites·8 claims
- 2766US10162563B2Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copiesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 25, 2018·1 cites·24 claims
- 2864US9262344B2Local locking in a bi-directional synchronous mirroring environmentIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 16, 2016·1 cites·15 claims
- 2963US11176003B2Restoration of data when point in time copy operations are performed during asynchronous copyIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3063US11093178B2Using a space release data structure to indicate tracks to release for a space release command to release space of tracksIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 17, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 3162US11079935B2Processing a space release command to free release space in a consistency groupIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 3, 2021·0 cites·21 claims
- 3261US11347604B2Point-in-time snap copy withdrawal managementIBM·Filed 2019·Granted May 31, 2022·0 cites·24 claims
- 3360US11175994B2Copying data from multiple point-in-time copies to a log storage to use to roll-back a source storageIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3459US11644997B2Releasing data storage tracks while maintaining logical corruption protectionIBM·Filed 2020·Granted May 9, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 3559US7660955B2Node polling in consistency group formationIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 9, 2010·2 cites·20 claims
- 3658US10824364B2Point-in-time snap copy on asynchronous consistency group managementIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 3, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 3758US10733060B2Asynchronous local and remote generation of consistent point-in-time snap copies in consistency groupsIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 4, 2020·0 cites·24 claims
- 3857US10606506B2Releasing space allocated to a space efficient target storage in a copy relationship with a source storageIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 31, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 3956US10146472B2Tertiary storage unit management in bidirectional data copyingIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·0 cites·21 claims
- 4055US10642701B2Releasing space on secondary storage device for resynchronizationIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 5, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4155US9514012B2Tertiary storage unit management in bidirectional data copyingIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 6, 2016·0 cites·15 claims
- 4254US10489087B2Using a space release data structure to indicate tracks to release for a space release command to release space of tracks in a consistency group being formedIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 26, 2019·0 cites·19 claims
- 4354US10437679B2Point-in-time snap copy withdrawal managementIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 8, 2019·0 cites·21 claims
- 4452US11137933B2Accelerating transaction execution across geographically dispersed clustersIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 5, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4552US10657005B2Comingling conventional and backup volumes in tiered storage systemsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 19, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4652US10416921B2Point-in-time snap copy on asynchronous consistency group managementIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 17, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 4752US8756389B2Prevention of overlay of production data by point in time copy operations in a host based asynchronous mirroring environmentIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 17, 2014·0 cites·15 claims
- 4851US2024111450A1Host-specific event notification registrationIBM·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4950US9547707B2Copy of replication status for synchronizationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 17, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 5049US9921879B2Using queues corresponding to attribute values associated with units of work to select the units of work to processIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 20, 2018·0 cites·22 claims
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