Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Fugate

Kenneth J. Fugate 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 and method for QoS-based storage tiering and migration technique
    Patent number: 8230192
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for providing Quality Of Service (QoS)-based storage tiering and migration in a storage system. The method allows for configurable application data latency thresholds to be set on a per user basis and/or a per application basis so that a storage tiering mechanism and/or a storage migrating mechanism may be triggered for moving application data to a different class of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Kenneth J. Fugate
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QoS-BASED STORAGE TIERING AND MIGRATION TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20110197027
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for providing Quality Of Service (QoS)-based storage tiering and migration in a storage system. The method allows for configurable application data latency thresholds to be set on a per user basis and/or a per application basis so that a storage tiering mechanism and/or a storage migrating mechanism may be triggered for moving application data to a different class of storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Kenneth J. Fugate