Patents by Inventor Richard Trabing

Richard Trabing 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).

  • Patent number: 11327664
    Abstract: A portion of the shared global memory of a storage array is allocated for write-only blocks. Writes to a same-block of a production device may be accumulated in the allocated portion of memory. Temporal sequencing may be associated with each accumulated version of the same-block. When idle processing resources become available, the oldest group of same-blocks may be consolidated based on the temporal sequencing. The consolidated block may then be destaged to cache slots or managed drives. A group of same-blocks may also be consolidated in response to a read command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jaeyoo Jung, Ramesh Doddaiah, Venkata Khambam, Earl Medeiros, Richard Trabing
  • Patent number: 9009444
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a reservation for a LUN from Host A, wherein the LUN is defined within a data array. A lock for the LUN is defined as Host A. A write request is received for the LUN from Host B. The lock for the LUN is defined as Transitioning A to B. The write request is delayed for a defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Derbeko, Arieh Don, Anat Eyal, Kevin F. Martin, Richard A. Trabing