Patents by Inventor Aftab Ahman Ansari

Aftab Ahman Ansari 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: 10521401
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for data object retention. For example, a data retention policy may specify that files of a volume are to be locked down for a lockdown retention period (e.g., locked into a read only state for 4 months) when such files are not changed within an auto commit time period (e.g., files not changed within 13 hours). Waiting for a data scanner to evaluate files for lockdown may result in files violating the data retention policy until the data scanner evaluates such files. Accordingly, a file may be considered to be in the locked down state (e.g., instantaneous lockdown), such that commands to modify or delete the file are blocked, based upon a difference between a current time of an internal compliance clock and a current value of a data object change field exceeding the auto commit time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: Raman Madaan, Akshatha Gangadharaiah, Vaiapuri Ramasubramaniam, Balamurugan Ramajeyam, Aftab Ahman Ansari
  • Patent number: 9830237
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for implementing resynchronization operations. For example, a disaster recovery relationship may be established between a source storage volume, hosted by a source storage node, and a destination storage volume hosted by a destination storage node, such that data is replicated from the source storage volume to the destination storage volume for disaster recovery purposes. If the disaster recovery relationship breaks, then new compliance data, locked down into a write once read many state, may be created at the destination storage volume. A resynchronization operation may be performed to reestablish the disaster recovery relationship, while preserving the new compliance data so that a compliance policy is not violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaiapuri Ramasubramaniam, Balamurugan Ramajeyam, Aftab Ahman Ansari, Akshatha Gangadharaiah, Raman Madaan
  • Publication number: 20170091057
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for implementing resynchronization operations. For example, a disaster recovery relationship may be established between a source storage volume, hosted by a source storage node, and a destination storage volume hosted by a destination storage node, such that data is replicated from the source storage volume to the destination storage volume for disaster recovery purposes. If the disaster recovery relationship breaks, then new compliance data, locked down into a write once read many state, may be created at the destination storage volume. A resynchronization operation may be performed to reestablish the disaster recovery relationship, while preserving the new compliance data so that a compliance policy is not violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Vaiapuri Ramasubramaniam, Balamurugan Ramajeyam, Aftab Ahman Ansari, Akshatha Gangadharaiah, Raman Madaan
  • Publication number: 20170060897
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for data object retention. For example, a data retention policy may specify that files of a volume are to be locked down for a lockdown retention period (e.g., locked into a read only state for 4 months) when such files are not changed within an auto commit time period (e.g., files not changed within 13 hours). Waiting for a data scanner to evaluate files for lockdown may result in files violating the data retention policy until the data scanner evaluates such files. Accordingly, a file may be considered to be in the locked down state (e.g., instantaneous lockdown), such that commands to modify or delete the file are blocked, based upon a difference between a current time of an internal compliance clock and a current value of a data object change field exceeding the auto commit time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Raman Madaan, Akshatha Gangadharaiah, Vaiapuri Ramasubramaniam, Balamuruquan Ramajeyam, Aftab Ahman Ansari