Patents by Inventor George J. Scholhamer
George J. Scholhamer 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).
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Patent number: 9465560Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of this volume, or a portion thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished such that the volume, or the portion thereof, and corresponding redundancy data may be stored according to this second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: PIVOT3, INC.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20120297137Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of this volume, or a portion thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished such that the volume, or the portion thereof, and corresponding redundancy data may be stored according to this second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Pivot3, Inc.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8316181Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments desired locations of storage devices may be zeroed out during operation of the storage system and areas that have been zeroed out allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where each data bank in the set of data banks may execute a background process which zeroes areas of the storage devices of the data bank. When a command pertaining to a logical location is received a zeroed area of the physical storage devices on the data bank may be allocated to store data associated with that logical location.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Pivot3, Inc.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8316180Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: PIVOT3, Inc.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8255625Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments locations of storage devices may be allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where the different performance characteristics associated with different areas of disks in the data bank may be taken into account when allocating physical segments to corresponding logical segments of a volume by allocating certain physical segments to a particular logical segment based upon a location of the physical segment or criteria associated with the logical segment.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Pivot3, Inc.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8239624Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of this volume, or a portion thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished such that the volume, or the portion thereof, and corresponding redundancy data may be stored according to this second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Pivot3, Inc.Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20120137069Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a high availability storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments desired locations of storage devices may be zeroed out during operation of the storage system and areas that have been zeroed out allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where each data bank in the set of data banks may execute a background process which zeroes areas of the storage devices of the data bank. When a command pertaining to a logical location is received a zeroed area of the physical storage devices on the data bank may be allocated to store data associated with that logical location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20120124286Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Plvot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8145841Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments desired locations of storage devices may be zeroed out during operation of the storage system and areas that have been zeroed out allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where each data bank in the set of data banks may execute a background process which zeroes areas of the storage devices of the data bank. When a command pertaining to a logical location is received a zeroed area of the physical storage devices on the data bank may be allocated to store data associated with that logical location.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8140753Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: PIVOT3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20120054433Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments locations of storage devices may be allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where the different performance characteristics associated with different areas of disks in the data bank may be taken into account when allocating physical segments to corresponding logical segments of a volume by allocating certain physical segments to a particular logical segment based upon a location of the physical segment or criteria associated with the logical segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8127076Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments locations of storage devices may be allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where the different performance characteristics associated with different areas of disks in the data bank may be taken into account when allocating physical segments to corresponding logical segments of a volume by allocating certain physical segments to a particular logical segment based upon a location of the physical segment or criteria associated with the logical segment.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20110320711Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 8082393Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: PIVOT3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20090307423Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a high availability storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments desired locations of storage devices may be zeroed out during operation of the storage system and areas that have been zeroed out allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where each data bank in the set of data banks may execute a background process which zeroes areas of the storage devices of the data bank. When a command pertaining to a logical location is received a zeroed area of the physical storage devices on the data bank may be allocated to store data associated with that logical location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20090307426Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of volumes, or portions thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished according to a priority associated with the volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20090307424Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments locations of storage devices may be allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where the different performance characteristics associated with different areas of disks in the data bank may be taken into account when allocating physical segments to corresponding logical segments of a volume by allocating certain physical segments to a particular logical segment based upon a location of the physical segment or criteria associated with the logical segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Publication number: 20090307422Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed provide a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks. More particularly, in certain embodiments of a distributed RAID system each data bank has a set of associated storage media and executes a similar distributed RAID application. The distributed RAID applications on each of the data banks coordinate among themselves to distribute and control data flow associated with implementing a level of RAID in conjunction with a volume stored on the associated storage media of the data banks. Migration of this volume, or a portion thereof, from one configuration to another configuration may be accomplished such that the volume, or the portion thereof, and corresponding redundancy data may be stored according to this second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Pivot3Inventors: William C. Galloway, Ryan A. Callison, Greg J. Pellegrino, Choon-Seng Tan, George J. Scholhamer, III
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Patent number: 6654829Abstract: In a computer system having redundant SCSI controllers cards, a SCSI controller interface for receiving multiple interchangeable SCSI controller cards is configured so that the data bus paths between each of the SCSI controller slots and the controller circuitry do not cross.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Michael S. Zandy, George J. Scholhamer, William C. Galloway
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Patent number: 6636921Abstract: The present invention relates to a repeater circuit for providing effective point-to-point coupling between terminated Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus segments. The repeater circuit has an enable input and can perform SCSI address translation to map SCSI addresses from a narrow SCSI bus to high SCSI addresses on a wide SCSI bus.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.Inventors: George J. Scholhamer, William C. Galloway