Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Vernon Merkey

Jeffrey Vernon Merkey 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).

  • Redundant storage for multiple processors in a ring network
    Patent number: 6862609
    Abstract: A dual-axis RAID system includes a plurality of X-axis ordinal series of disks, configured to store parity data and a tape drive, and a Y-axis ordinal series of parity disks. The Y-axis series is smaller than the X-axis series, because the X-axis series contains an extra disk configured as a segment journal disk. The RAID system communicates with clients on a network a network via an SCI network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Canopy Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey
  • Dual axis RAID systems for enhanced bandwidth and reliability
    Patent number: 6795895
    Abstract: “A dual-axis RAID system includes a plurality of X-axis ordinal series of disks, configured to store parity data and a tape drive, and a Y-axis ordinal series of parity disks. The Y-axis series is smaller than the X-axis series, because the X-axis series contains an extra disk configured as a segment journal disk. The RAID system communicates with clients on a network a network via an SCI network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Canopy Group
    Inventors: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey, Robert Timothy Wilcox
  • High speed fault tolerant storage systems
    Publication number: 20030070043
    Abstract: The inventions relate generally to high speed fault tolerant storage systems. More particularly, the inventions relate to fault tolerant storage systems utilizing RAID and/or SCI, combinations thereof, and features usable with one of both of them, or otherwise usable in a data storage or data access environment. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey
  • Dual axis RAID systems for enhanced bandwidth and reliability
    Publication number: 20030041211
    Abstract: The inventions relate generally to high speed fault tolerant storage systems. More particularly, the inventions relate to fault tolerant storage systems utilizing RAID and/or SCI, combinations thereof, and features usable with one of both of them, or otherwise usable in a data storage or data access environment. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffrey Vernon Merkey, Robert Timothy Wilcox