Patents by Inventor Aurn Kumar Rajendran

Aurn Kumar Rajendran 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).

  • Simplified copy offload
    Patent number: 9280425
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing simplified copy offload operations are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes creating a persistent point-in-time image of a data set of a source storage device in response to receiving a token request for a copy offload operation from a host. Creating the persistent point-in-time image includes generating pointers to data blocks of the data set, but does not include duplicating the data blocks. The method also includes transmitting a token that is a representation of the persistent point-in-time image to the host in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick E. Knight, John Meneghini, Aurn Kumar Rajendran, Santosh A. Rao
  • SIMPLIFIED COPY OFFLOAD
    Publication number: 20150234715
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing simplified copy offload operations are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes creating a persistent point-in-time image of a data set of a source storage device in response to receiving a token request for a copy offload operation from a host. Creating the persistent point-in-time image includes generating pointers to data blocks of the data set, but does not include duplicating the data blocks. The method also includes transmitting a token that is a representation of the persistent point-in-time image to the host in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Frederick E. Knight, John Meneghini, Aurn Kumar Rajendran, Santosh A. Rao