Patents by Inventor Joseph Grant Moore

Joseph Grant Moore 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).

  • System, method, and computer program product within a data processing system for converting a spare storage device to a defined storage device in a logical volume
    Patent number: 6996752
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product in a data processing system for increasing data storage performance. The data processing system includes multiple primary storage devices and a spare storage device. A logical volume definition is established that defines logical volumes utilizing the primary storage devices. A failure of one of the primary storage devices is detected. Data that was stored on the failed primary storage device at the time the failure was detected is constructed on the spare storage device. The spare storage device is then assigned in the logical volume definition such that the spare storage device becomes a primary storage device. The reference to the failed primary storage device is removed from the logical volume definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Hetrick, Stanley E. Krehbiel, Jr., Joseph Grant Moore, Carey Wayne Lewis
  • System, method, and computer program product within a data processing system for assigning an unused, unassigned storage device as a replacement device
    Publication number: 20030217305
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product in a data processing system are disclosed for increasing data storage performance. The data processing system includes multiple primary storage devices and at least one unused, unassigned storage device. A logical volume definition is established that defines a logical volume utilizing the primary storage devices. A failure of one of the primary storage devices is detected. An unassigned storage device is then selected to be used as a replacement drive for the failed device. The selected unassigned storage device is then automatically assigned within the logical volume definition to be a new primary drive as part of the drive group defined by the logical volume definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Stanley E. Krehbiel, Carey Wayne Lewis, William A. Hetrick, Joseph Grant Moore
  • System, Method, and computer program product within a data processing system for converting a spare storage device to a defined storage device in a logical volume
    Publication number: 20030212931
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product in a data processing system are disclosed for increasing data storage performance. The data processing system includes multiple primary storage devices and a spare storage device. A logical volume definition is established that defines logical volumes utilizing the primary storage devices. A failure of one of the primary storage devices is detected. Data that was stored on the failed primary storage device at the time the failure was detected is constructed on the spare storage device. The spare storage device is then assigned in the logical volume definition such that the spare storage device becomes a primary storage device. The reference to the failed primary storage device is removed from the logical volume definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: William A. Hetrick, Stanley E. Krehbiel, Joseph Grant Moore, Carey Wayne Lewis