Patents Assigned to International Business Business Machines
  • Patent number: 8799906
    Abstract: A batched unit of work is associated with a plurality of messages for use with a data store. A backout count, associated with a number of instances that work in association with the batched unit of work, is backed out. A backout threshold is associated with the backout count. A commit count is associated with committing the batched unit of work in response to successful commits for a predefined number of the plurality of messages. A checker checks whether the backout count is greater than zero and less than the backout threshold. An override component, responsive to the backout count being greater than zero and less than the backout threshold, overrides the commit count and commits the batched unit of work for a subset of the plurality of messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose E. Garza, Matthew E. Golby-Kirk, Stephen J. Hobson, Trevor Dolby
  • Publication number: 20120320918
    Abstract: A computer system includes a bridge port configured between a hardware local area network (LAN) and a virtual switch; the hardware LAN, the hardware LAN comprising a first plurality of virtual machines (VMs), wherein the first plurality of VMs communicate with the hardware LAN via respective hardware network interface cards (NICs); the virtual switch, the virtual switch comprising a second plurality of VMs, wherein the second plurality of VMs communicate with the virtual switch via respective virtual NICs, wherein the first plurality of VMs communicate with the second plurality of VMs via the bridge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BUSINESS MACHINES
    Inventors: Waleri Fomin, Angelo Macchiano, SR., Richard P. Tarcza, Alexandra Winter
  • Patent number: 7451354
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed to configure, format, and test, a data storage subsystem product. The method supplies a data storage subsystem product comprising one or more host computer ports, a processor, one or more data storage device ports, and one or more data storage devices interconnected to the one or more data storage device ports. The method further supplies a configuration appliance comprising a storage configuration. The method connects the configuration appliance to one of the one or more storage device ports, boots up the data storage subsystem product, discovers the configuration appliance by the data storage subsystem product, imports storage configuration data into the data storage subsystem product, formats the one or more data storage device, and tests the input and output data transfer rates for the data storage subsystem product, wherein the formatting and testing are initiated concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Business Machines
    Inventors: Matthew J. Kalos, Robert A. Kubo, Michael P. Vageline