Patents by Inventor Richard Gorby

Richard Gorby 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 distributing volume status information in a storage system
    Patent number: 8359429
    Abstract: System and method for distributing volume status information in a storage system. According to one embodiment, a system may include a plurality of volumes configured to store data, where the volumes are configured as mirrors of one another, and a plurality of hosts configured to access the plurality of volumes. A first one of the plurality of hosts may be configured to execute a mirror recovery process and to maintain a progress indication of the mirror recovery process, and the first host may be further configured to distribute the progress indication to another one or more of the plurality of hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Gopal Sharma, Richard Gorby, Santosh S. Rao, Aseem Asthana