Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Gentry

Timothy W. Gentry 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 for partitioning disk drives within a physical disk array and selectively assigning disk drive partitions into a logical disk array
    Patent number: 5568629
    Abstract: A method for partitioning a disk array into logical storage units distinct from the physical storage units within the array. A set of individual drives within the array are partitioned into multiple partitions. Corresponding partitions from the individual drives are grouped together to form a logical unit which is addressed as, and functions as, an independent disk array. The partitions within the logical unit are addressed as, and function as, disk drives within the logical array. Thus, a single set of disk drives may be divided into two or more logical storage units, each functioning as an independent disk array, and each employing a different RAID level scheme for storing data. Alternatively, multiple sets of disk drives within the array can combined together into a logical storage unit which functions as a single set of drives. Corresponding drives from each set of drives are addressed as a single disk drive within the logical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignees: AT&T Global Information Solutions Company, Hyundai Electronics America, Symbios Logic
    Inventors: Timothy W. Gentry, Gerald J. Fredin, Daniel A. Riedl