Patents by Inventor Don Hon

Don Hon 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).

  • Method and apparatus for preparing a disk for use in a disk array
    Patent number: 6584544
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for preparing a disk for use in a disk array, the disk array including an input/output control processor, the disk including sectors, the sectors including a data area and a metadata area, the method comprising defining a range of sectors to prepare for use in the disk array, sending a command to the disk from the input/output control processor, the command instructing the disk to write a block of initial state data to each sector in a group of sectors on the disk, the group of sectors on the disk located within the range of sectors on the disk, and writing the block of initial state data to each of the sectors on the disk. The block of initial state data comprises a bit stream of data for writing to the data area and the metadata area of each sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Morley, Bruce Harmon, Don Hon