Patents by Inventor Steven KUSALO

Steven KUSALO 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).

  • Efficient reconstruction of virtual disk hierarchies across storage domains
    Patent number: 8478801
    Abstract: A method and software is described for recreating on a target datastore a set of hierarchical files that are present on a source datastore. A content identifier (ID) is maintained for each component of the set of hierarchical files. The content ID of a component is updated when its contents are modified. The child component is copied from the source datastore to the target datastore. The content ID corresponding to the parent component on the source datastore is compared with content IDs corresponding to files present on the target datastore. When a matching content ID is discovered, it infers a copy of the parent component. The matching file on the target datastore is associated with the copied child component so that the matching file becomes a new parent component to the copied child component, thereby recreating the set of hierarchical files on the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Hutchins, Steven Kusalo, Haripriya Rajagopal, Jairam Ranganathan, Li Zheng
  • Efficient Reconstruction of Virtual Disk Hierarchies Across Storage Domains
    Publication number: 20100299368
    Abstract: A method and software is described for recreating on a target datastore a set of hierarchical files that are present on a source datastore. A content identifier (ID) is maintained for each component of the set of hierarchical files. The content ID of a component is updated when its contents are modified. The child component is copied from the source datastore to the target datastore. The content ID corresponding to the parent component on the source datastore is compared with content IDs corresponding to files present on the target datastore. When a matching content ID is discovered, it infers a copy of the parent component. The matching file on the target datastore is associated with the copied child component so that the matching file becomes a new parent component to the copied child component, thereby recreating the set of hierarchical files on the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory M. HUTCHINS, Steven KUSALO, Haripriya RAJAGOPAL, Jairam RANGANATHAN, Li ZHENG