Patents by Inventor Lawrence Michael Ruane

Lawrence Michael Ruane 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 system for parity-page distribution among nodes of a multi-node data-storage system
    Patent number: 8433685
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-node data-storage system comprising a number C of component-data-storage-system nodes that store data pages of a data object in a mirror and in 0, 1, or more parity-encoded snapshots, the mirror comprising 2 or more replicates including a 0th replicate and each parity-encoded snapshot containing 1 or more stripes, each stripe including snapshot data pages and snapshot parity pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark G. Hayden, Lawrence Michael Ruane
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARITY-PAGE DISTRIBUTION AMONG NODES OF A MULTI-NODE DATA-STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120047111
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-node data-storage system comprising a number C of component-data-storage-system nodes that store data pages of a data object in a mirror and in 0, 1, or more parity-encoded snapshots, the mirror comprising 2 or more replicates including a 0th replicate and each parity-encoded snapshot containing 1 or more stripes, each stripe including snapshot data pages and snapshot parity pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Mark G. Hayden, Lawrence Michael Ruane