Patents by Inventor Steven B. Boswell

Steven B. Boswell 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).

  • Methods and systems using observation based techniques for determining performance capacity of a resource of a networked storage environment
    Patent number: 9594515
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing resources in a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes generating a relationship between latency and utilization of a resource in a networked storage environment using observation based, current and historical latency and utilization data, where latency is an indicator of delay at the resource for processing any request and utilization of the resource is an indicator of an extent the resource is being used at any given time; and selecting an optimal point for the generated relationship between latency and utilization, where the optimal point is an indicator of resource utilization beyond which throughput gains for a workload is smaller than increase in latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis Hrischuk, Alma Dimnaku, Leon Fairbanks, Steven B. Boswell
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING OBSERVATION BASED TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING PERFORMANCE CAPACITY OF A RESOURCE OF A NETWORKED STORAGE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20170024144
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing resources in a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes generating a relationship between latency and utilization of a resource in a networked storage environment using observation based, current and historical latency and utilization data, where latency is an indicator of delay at the resource for processing any request and utilization of the resource is an indicator of an extent the resource is being used at any given time; and selecting an optimal point for the generated relationship between latency and utilization, where the optimal point is an indicator of resource utilization beyond which throughput gains for a workload is smaller than increase in latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis Hrischuk, Alma Dimnaku, Leon Fairbanks, Steven B. Boswell