Patents by Inventor Richard Elling

Richard Elling 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 apparatus for consistent and highly available data storage using local and fabric attached non-volatile memory storage devices
    Patent number: 11301324
    Abstract: A server computer is configured to write a first copy of a block of data to a first namespace on a first non-volatile memory-based cache drive and a second copy of the block of data to a RAID controller for de-staging of the data to hard disk drives of a RAID array. Acknowledgment of hardening of the data on the hard disk drives initiates purging of the first copy of the block of data from the cache drive. High availability is enabled by writing a third copy of the block of data to a second server to store the block of data in a second namespace on a second non-volatile memory-based cache drive. Restoring of data after power loss accesses the data on the first non-volatile memory-based cache drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SANMINA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kais Belgaied, Richard Elling, Franz Michael Schuette
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSISTENT AND HIGHLY AVAILABLE DATA STORAGE USING LOCAL AND FABRIC ATTACHED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200264954
    Abstract: A server computer is configured to write a first copy of a block of data to a first namespace on a first non-volatile memory-based cache drive and a second copy of the block of data to a RAID controller for de-staging of the data to hard disk drives of a RAID array. Acknowledgment of hardening of the data on the hard disk drives initiates purging of the first copy of the block of data from the cache drive. High availability is enabled by writing a third copy of the block of data to a second server to store the block of data in a second namespace on a second non-volatile memory-based cache drive. Restoring of data after power loss accesses the data on the first non-volatile memory-based cache drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kais Belgaied, Richard Elling, Franz Michael Schuette