Patents by Inventor Amir Frankel

Amir Frankel 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: 9569122
    Abstract: A method for generating transaction aware snapshots, the method may include: (a) starting a creation of a certain point in time snapshot for a consistency group that comprises at least one logical volume; (b) detecting that at the certain point in time there is an uncompleted transaction for writing multiple information units to the consistency group; the uncompleted transaction started at a transaction start point in time that precedes the certain point in time; (c) preventing an access to the certain point in time snapshot until a completion of the uncompleted transaction; and (d) associating the multiple information units with at least the certain point in time snapshot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: INFINIDAT LTD.
    Inventors: Amir Frankel, Yechiel Yochai
  • Publication number: 20140372394
    Abstract: A method for generating transaction aware snapshots, the method may include: (a) starting a creation of a certain point in time snapshot for a consistency group that comprises at least one logical volume; (b) detecting that at the certain point in time there is an uncompleted transaction for writing multiple information units to the consistency group; the uncompleted transaction started at a transaction start point in time that precedes the certain point in time; (c) preventing an access to the certain point in time snapshot until a completion of the uncompleted transaction; and (d) associating the multiple information units with at least the certain point in time snapshot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Amir Frankel, Yechiel Yochai