Patents by Inventor Martin Jess

Martin Jess 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).

  • Drive health monitoring with provisions for drive probation state and drive copy rebuild
    Publication number: 20090271657
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for monitoring drive health. A method for monitoring drive health may comprise: a) conducting a predictive fault analysis for at least one drive of a RAID; and b) copying data from the at least one drive of the RAID to a replacement drive according to the predictive fault analysis. A system for monitoring drive health may comprise: a) means for conducting a predictive fault analysis for at least one drive of a RAID; and b) means for copying data from the at least one drive of the RAID to a replacement drive according to the predictive fault analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Craig C. McCombs, Naman Nair, Martin Jess, Jeremy Birzer