Patents Assigned to DIVERGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Method and apparatus for storing information using an intelligent block storage controller
    Patent number: 10140065
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DIVERGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Huff, John Hemphill
  • Method and apparatus for storing information using an intelligent block storage controller
    Patent number: 10140064
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DIVERGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Huff, John Hemphill
  • Method and apparatus for storing information using an intelligent block storage controller
    Patent number: 9665302
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DIVERGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Huff, John Hemphill
  • Method and apparatus for storing information using an intelligent block storage controller
    Patent number: 9665303
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DIVERGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Huff, John Hemphill