Patents by Inventor Alistair Craig Veitch

Alistair Craig Veitch 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).

  • Automated system adaptation technique particularly for data storage systems
    Patent number: 6978259
    Abstract: An automated system adaptation technique for computer systems, networks and subsystems generally and, more particularly, for data storage systems. The invention programmatically designs, configures and manages a system, such as a data storage system. This is accomplished by performing a sequence of steps in an iterative loop, including analyzing the operation of the system under a workload, generating a new design based on the analysis and migrating the existing system to the new design. By systematically exploring a large design space and developing designs based on analyses of the workload, the invention generates designs that are improved in comparison to conventional design techniques. By programmatically repeating these tasks, the invention causes the system to converge to one that supports the workload without being over-provisioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Michael Hobbs, Kimberly Keeton, Susan Spence, Mustafa Uysal, Alistair Craig Veitch, John Wilkes
  • Automatic configuration of a data storage system
    Publication number: 20020128815
    Abstract: A high-level language description of a data storage system is generated and translated, directly or indirectly, into specific configuration commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Arif A. Merchant, John Wilkes, Mirjana Spasojevic, Ying Chen, Eric Anderson, Alistair Craig Veitch