Patents by Inventor Avi KAPLAN

Avi KAPLAN 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).

  • Smart flushing of data to backup storage
    Patent number: 9665442
    Abstract: A storage system, including: (a) a primary storage entity utilized for storing a data-set of the storage system; (b) a secondary storage entity utilized for backing-up the data within the primary storage entity; (c) a flushing management module adapted to identify within the primary storage entity two groups of dirty data blocks, each group is comprised of dirty data blocks which are arranged within the secondary storage entity in a successive sequence, and to further identify within the primary storage entity a further group of backed-up data blocks which are arranged within the secondary storage entity in a successive sequence intermediately in-between the two identified groups of dirty data blocks; and (d) said flushing management module is adapted to combine the group of backed-up data blocks together with the two identified groups of dirty data blocks to form a successive extended flush sequence and to destage it to the secondary storage entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KAMINARIO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Benny Koren, Erez Zilber, Avi Kaplan, Shachar Fienblit, Guy Keren, Eyal Gordon
  • SMART FLUSHING OF DATA TO BACKUP STORAGE
    Publication number: 20110252201
    Abstract: A storage system, including: (a) a primary storage entity utilized for storing a data-set of the storage system; (b) a secondary storage entity utilized for backing-up the data within the primary storage entity; (c) a flushing management module adapted to identify within the primary storage entity two groups of dirty data blocks, each group is comprised of dirty data blocks which are arranged within the secondary storage entity in a successive sequence, and to further identify within the primary storage entity a further group of backed-up data blocks which are arranged within the secondary storage entity in a successive sequence intermediately in-between the two identified groups of dirty data blocks; and (d) said flushing management module is adapted to combine the group of backed-up data blocks together with the two identified groups of dirty data blocks to form a successive extended flush sequence and to destage it to the secondary storage entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: KAMINARIO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Benny KOREN, Erez ZILBER, Avi KAPLAN, Shachar FIENBLIT, Guy KEREN, Eyal GORDON