Patents by Inventor András Krisztián Fekete

András Krisztián Fekete 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).

  • Redundant disk array storage system and method using heterogeneous disks and a lookup table
    Patent number: 10013359
    Abstract: A redundant disk array method includes allocating identically sized logical blocks of storage units together to form a stripe on each of several data storage devices, at least two of the logical blocks in the stripe being located on different data storage devices, generating a lookup table representing a mapping between a logical location of each logical block in the stripe and a physical location of the respective logical block on the corresponding data storage device, and writing data to the physical locations of each logical block in the stripe, the physical locations being obtained from the lookup table. In some cases, at least two of the data storage devices are heterogeneous, and at least two of the data storage devices have a different total number of logical blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: University of New Hampshire
    Inventors: András Krisztián Fekete, Elizabeth Varki
  • BALANCED LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR REDUNDANT DISK ARRAY
    Publication number: 20180018096
    Abstract: A redundant disk array includes homogeneous or heterogeneous disks divided into chunks, where larger disks have more chunks. Chunks from one or more disks are grouped into bundles containing data stored across multiple disks. Frequently accessed chunks can be moved to under-utilized, faster disks and least frequently used chunks can be moved to larger, slower disks, to balance the distribution of load across all of the disks in the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: University of New Hampshire
    Inventors: András Krisztián Fekete, Elizabeth Varki
  • REDUNDANT DISK ARRAY USING HETEROGENEOUS DISKS
    Publication number: 20160188487
    Abstract: A redundant disk array method includes allocating identically sized logical blocks of storage units together to form a stripe on each of several data storage devices, at least two of the logical blocks in the stripe being located on different data storage devices, generating a lookup table representing a mapping between a logical location of each logical block in the stripe and a physical location of the respective logical block on the corresponding data storage device, and electronically writing data to the physical locations of each logical block in the stripe, the physical locations being obtained from the lookup table. In some cases, at least two of the data storage devices are heterogeneous, and at least two of the data storage devices have a different total number of logical blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: University of New Hampshire
    Inventors: András Krisztián Fekete, Elizabeth Varki