Patents by Inventor Andrew Banta

Andrew Banta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Storage integration for host-based write-back caching
    Patent number: 9519581
    Abstract: Techniques for enabling integration between a storage system and a host system that performs write-back caching are provided. In one embodiment, the host system can transmit to the storage system a command indicating that the host system intends to cache, in a write-back cache, writes directed to a range of logical block addresses (LBAs). The host system can further receive from the storage system a response indicating whether the command is accepted or rejected. If the command is accepted, the host system can initiate the caching of writes in the write-back cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Banta, Erik Cota-Robles
  • STORAGE INTEGRATION FOR HOST-BASED WRITE-BACK CACHING
    Publication number: 20150081979
    Abstract: Techniques for enabling integration between a storage system and a host system that performs write-back caching are provided. In one embodiment, the host system can transmit to the storage system a command indicating that the host system intends to cache, in a write-back cache, writes directed to a range of logical block addresses (LBAs). The host system can further receive from the storage system a response indicating whether the command is accepted or rejected. If the command is accepted, the host system can initiate the caching of writes in the write-back cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Banta, Erik Cota-Robles