Patents by Inventor Bernard A. Mulligan, III

Bernard A. Mulligan, III 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).

  • Storage system resource rebuild based on input-output operation indicator
    Patent number: 11467906
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a storage system comprising at least one processing device and a plurality of storage devices. The at least one processing device is configured to obtain a given input-output operation from a host device and to determine that the given input-output operation comprises an indicator having a particular value. The particular value indicates that the given input-output operation is a repeat of a prior input-output operation. The at least one processing device is further configured to rebuild at least one resource of the storage system that is designated for servicing the given input-output operation based at least in part on the determination that the given input-output operation comprises the indicator having the particular value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Ramesh Doddaiah, Bernard A. Mulligan, III
  • STORAGE SYSTEM RESOURCE REBUILD BASED ON INPUT-OUTPUT OPERATION INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20210034463
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a storage system comprising at least one processing device and a plurality of storage devices. The at least one processing device is configured to obtain a given input-output operation from a host device and to determine that the given input-output operation comprises an indicator having a particular value. The particular value indicates that the given input-output operation is a repeat of a prior input-output operation. The at least one processing device is further configured to rebuild at least one resource of the storage system that is designated for servicing the given input-output operation based at least in part on the determination that the given input-output operation comprises the indicator having the particular value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ramesh Doddaiah, Bernard A. Mulligan, III