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William J. Scales
Also filed as: SCALES WILLIAM J · SCALES WILLIAM JAMES
83 granted patents·9 pending applications·357 citations·filing 2002–2024
99Inventor score
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92 records- 0190US6941420B2Log-structure arrayIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·68 cites·22 claims
- 0289US11695541B2Implementing resilient deterministic encryptionIBM·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 4, 2023·2 cites·25 claims
- 0389US8719523B2Maintaining multiple target copiesBEEKEN CHRISTOPHER B·Filed 2011·Granted May 6, 2014·12 cites·14 claims
- 0489US8713272B2Point-in-time copies in a cascade using maps and fdisksAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 29, 2014·10 cites·7 claims
- 0588US8793453B2Multiple cascaded backup processAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 29, 2014·10 cites·12 claims
- 0688US8230185B2Method for optimizing cleaning of maps in FlashCopy cascades containing incremental mapsAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 24, 2012·14 cites·7 claims
- 0785US10044796B2Method and system for transmitting an application message between nodes of a clustered data processing systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 7, 2018·4 cites·17 claims
- 0885US8732419B2Maintaining multiple target copiesBEEKEN CHRISTOPHER B·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·8 cites·7 claims
- 0985US7191285B2Configuring memory for a RAID storage systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 13, 2007·55 cites·16 claims
- 1084US9195412B2System and method for transforming an in-use raid array including migrating data using reserved extentsBROWN JOANNA K·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 24, 2015·9 cites·20 claims
- 1184US8688937B2Method for optimizing cleaning of maps in flashcopy cascades containing incremental mapsAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 1, 2014·6 cites·11 claims
- 1283US8788770B2Multiple cascaded backup processAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 22, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 1382US9244784B2Recovery of storage device in a redundant array of independent disk (raid) or raid-like arrayIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 26, 2016·4 cites·16 claims
- 1482US8826065B2Methods for redundant array of independent disk (RAID) storage recoveryBARTLETT ERIC J·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 2, 2014·5 cites·10 claims
- 1580US9591073B2Apparatus and method for managing storage copy services systemsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 7, 2017·2 cites·12 claims
- 1680US8688936B2Point-in-time copies in a cascade using maps and fdisksAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 1, 2014·8 cites·14 claims
- 1780US7698604B2Storage controller and a method for recording diagnostic informationIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 13, 2010·8 cites·20 claims
- 1879US7890715B2Suspension of an asynchronous remote copy pair system having a primary controller and a remote controllerIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 15, 2011·9 cites·18 claims
- 1978US9792059B2Dynamic resource allocation for distributed cluster-storage networkIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 17, 2017·2 cites·12 claims
- 2077US7823008B2Maintaining consistency in a remote copy data storage systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 26, 2010·8 cites·20 claims
- 2176US8195620B2Storage system with improved multiple copy targetingAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·6 cites·12 claims
- 2275US8434083B2Throttling an asynchronous remote copying systemBURR DALE·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 30, 2013·8 cites·12 claims
- 2374US8732334B2Storage area network multi-pathingPADIA PRAVEEN K·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·3 cites·16 claims
- 2474US8677178B2Recovery control in mirrored disksBARTLETT ERIC J·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 18, 2014·3 cites·15 claims
- 2573US8990529B2Method for optimizing cleaning of maps in flashcopy cascades containing incremental mapsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 24, 2015·2 cites·12 claims
- 2673US8150806B2Idempotent storage replication managementBOYD KENNETH WAYNE·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·6 cites·23 claims
- 2772US11930099B2Implementing resilient deterministic encryptionIBM·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 12, 2024·0 cites·25 claims
- 2872US8812606B2Method and system for transmitting an application message between nodes of a clustered data processing systemCASHMAN PAUL N·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 19, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 2972US8788702B2Storage area network multi-pathingIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 22, 2014·2 cites·8 claims
- 3071US9619353B2Redundant array of independent disk (RAID) storage recoveryBARTLETT ERIC J·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 11, 2017·2 cites·14 claims
- 3171US7210071B2Fault tracing in systems with virtualization layersIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 24, 2007·18 cites·2 claims
- 3269US8468316B2Apparatus and method for data backupBEEKEN CHRISTOPHER B E·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 18, 2013·3 cites·12 claims
- 3365US8843721B2Data storage using bitmapsIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 23, 2014·1 cites·10 claims
- 3465US8468299B2Virtualized storage performance controllerO'ROURKE NICHOLAS M·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 18, 2013·5 cites·16 claims
- 3565US7885946B2Low-overhead storage cluster configuration lockingIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 8, 2011·3 cites·12 claims
- 3664US8655852B2Storage system with improved multiple copy targetingAGOMBAR JOHN P·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 18, 2014·1 cites·18 claims
- 3764US6789165B2Data storage array method and systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·10 cites·13 claims
- 3863US9461944B2Dynamic resource allocation for distributed cluster-storage networkFUENTE CARLOS FRANCISCO·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 4, 2016·1 cites·3 claims
- 3962US9250808B2Data storage and moving of relatively infrequently accessed data among storage of different typesFUENTE CARLOS F·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 2, 2016·1 cites·5 claims
- 4062US8862848B2Data storage using bitmapsFUENTE CARLOS FRANCISCO·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 14, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 4162US7680129B2Preemptive retransmission of buffered data in a networkIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 16, 2010·3 cites·17 claims
- 4261US11579982B2Calculating bandwidth requirements for a specified recovery point objectiveIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 14, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4359US7779170B2Storage area network systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·2 cites·30 claims
- 4459US7523356B2Storage controller and a system for recording diagnostic informationIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 21, 2009·1 cites·7 claims
- 4559US7346810B2Storage controller and method for recording diagnostic informationIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 18, 2008·5 cites·11 claims
- 4658US10896199B2Apparatus and method for managing storage copy services systemsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 19, 2021·0 cites·15 claims
- 4758US7759820B2Connection error avoidance for apparatus connected to a power supplyIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 20, 2010·2 cites·32 claims
- 4857US11940969B2Managing locations of derived storage objectsIBM·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 26, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4957US10229023B2Recovery of storage device in a redundant array of independent disk (RAID) or RAID-like arrayIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 12, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 5057US9300730B2Method and system for transmitting an application message between nodes of a clustered data processing systemIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 29, 2016·0 cites·17 claims
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