Patents by Inventor Mark Regester

Mark Regester 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).

  • Dynamic routing of input/output requests in array systems
    Patent number: 9946484
    Abstract: A method includes: communicating input output (I/O) operations between a first storage controller and a storage drive, wherein the storage drive includes a first port and a second port, further wherein the first controller accesses the second port of the storage drive via a second storage controller; measuring bandwidth utilization on a first channel of a plurality of channels between the first storage controller and the storage drive; and in response to measuring the bandwidth utilization, changing a routing scheme for the I/O operations with respect to either the first port or the second port or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Regester, Randolph Sterns
  • Dynamic Routing of Input/Output Requests in Array Systems
    Publication number: 20170031610
    Abstract: A method includes: communicating input output (I/O) operations between a first storage controller and a storage drive, wherein the storage drive includes a first port and a second port, further wherein the first controller accesses the second port of the storage drive via a second storage controller; measuring bandwidth utilization on a first channel of a plurality of channels between the first storage controller and the storage drive; and in response to measuring the bandwidth utilization, changing a routing scheme for the I/O operations with respect to either the first port or the second port or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Regester, Randolph Sterns