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Rainer Wolafka
Also filed as: WOLAFKA RAINER
36 granted patents·10 pending applications·153 citations·filing 2005–2024
96Inventor score
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46 records- 0193US7631034B1Optimizing node selection when handling client requests for a distributed file system (DFS) based on a dynamically determined performance indexIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 8, 2009·44 cites·6 claims
- 0289US9772915B2Cluster file system support for extended network service addressesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 26, 2017·6 cites·20 claims
- 0387US7672754B1Balancing of data tape cartridges in tape libraries with pass-through mechanismIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 2, 2010·17 cites·1 claims
- 0486US9413826B1Concurrent file and object protocol access using space-efficient cloningIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 9, 2016·5 cites·18 claims
- 0584US11595401B2Workload security ringsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 28, 2023·2 cites·22 claims
- 0683US12137101B2Workload security ringsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 5, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 0783US7415489B2Managing an archived file systemIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 19, 2008·22 cites·6 claims
- 0879US9645897B2Using duplicated data to enhance data security in RAID environmentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 9, 2017·3 cites·14 claims
- 0977US9578122B1Communicating an E-mail from a sender to a plurality of recipientsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 21, 2017·4 cites·12 claims
- 1076US10705909B2File level defined de-clustered redundant array of independent storage devices solutionIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 7, 2020·2 cites·9 claims
- 1176US9940213B2Integrating external services with a clustered file systemIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 1276US8365069B1Web content management based on timeliness metadataIBM·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 29, 2013·5 cites·7 claims
- 1375US10742731B2Maintaining service configuration consistency across nodes of a clustered file systemIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 11, 2020·3 cites·16 claims
- 1474US9575989B2Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environmentIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·2 cites·15 claims
- 1573US10581959B2Load-balancing input/output requests in clustered storage systemsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 3, 2020·2 cites·17 claims
- 1673US10558535B2Cluster file system support for extended network service addressesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 11, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1773US10055416B2Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environmentIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 21, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 1872US10592373B2Integrating external services with a clustered file systemIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 17, 2020·1 cites·17 claims
- 1972US8037332B2Quad-state power-saving virtual storage controllerIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 11, 2011·5 cites·22 claims
- 2071US9888064B2Load-balancing input/output requests in clustered storage systemsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 6, 2018·2 cites·17 claims
- 2170US7975171B2Automated file recovery based on subsystem error detection resultsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 5, 2011·7 cites·10 claims
- 2269US9342460B2I/O write request handling in a storage systemIBM·Filed 2013·Granted May 17, 2016·2 cites·15 claims
- 2369US2025039186A1Workload security ringsGOOGLE LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2468US11023538B2System and methods for dynamic generation of object storage datasets from existing file datasetsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 1, 2021·1 cites·22 claims
- 2566US11693908B2System and methods for dynamic generation of object storage datasets from existing file datasetsIBM·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 4, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2666US8055866B2Mirrored storage system and methods for operating a mirrored storage systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 8, 2011·3 cites·19 claims
- 2765US8930807B2Web content management based on timeliness metadataHAUBRICH MANFRED·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 6, 2015·3 cites·11 claims
- 2862US11556495B2Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environmentIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 17, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2962US11068361B2Cluster file system support for extended network service addressesIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 20, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3061US8627126B2Optimized power savings in a storage virtualization systemHAUSTEIN NILS·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 7, 2014·1 cites·19 claims
- 3158US7904437B2Managing an archived file systemIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·1 cites·6 claims
- 3256US10261871B2Modification of a cluster of communication controllersIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 16, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 3355US8484213B2Heterogenous high availability cluster managerWOLAFKA RAINER·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 9, 2013·4 cites·17 claims
- 3455US8122268B2Reducing power consumption of mirrored RAID subsystemsAKELBEIN JENS-PETER·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 21, 2012·1 cites·18 claims
- 3554US2019138409A1Modification of a cluster of communication controllersIBM·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3651US9959281B2Concurrent file and object protocol access using space-efficient cloningIBM·Filed 2016·Granted May 1, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3748US2016087911A1Nas client access prioritizationIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3847US2009077099A1Method and Infrastructure for Storing Application Data in a Grid Application and Storage SystemIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3947US2008276125A1Data Processing MethodIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4047US2009249003A1Method and system for multiplexing concatenated storage disk arrays to form a rules-based array of disksBATES ALLEN KEITH·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4144US2008040723A1Method and system for writing and reading application dataIBM·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4243US7752598B2Generating executable objects implementing methods for an information modelIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 6, 2010·0 cites·30 claims
- 4342US2007124344A1Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing web services-based data replication for Heterogeneous storage systemsIBM·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4441US2007174324A1Mechanism to trap obsolete web page references and auto-correct invalid web page referencesPALAPUDI SRIRAM M·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4539US9736240B2In-band management of a network attached storage environmentIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 15, 2017·0 cites·11 claims
- 4638US2015100617A1Request handling in network attached storage systemsIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
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