Patents by Inventor Brett A. Penny

Brett A. Penny 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).

  • Network-attached storage system, device, and method with multiple storage tiers
    Patent number: 7509409
    Abstract: A network-attached system, device, and method supports multiple storage tiers. Data may be migrated between storage tiers, for example, based on a data migration policy. A plurality of dedicated storage devices that provide a plurality of storage tiers having different characteristics are managed using a disk control protocol and data is migrated between storage tiers based on predetermined storage criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: BlueArc UK Limited
    Inventors: Brett A. Penny, Neil A. Clarkson, Geoffrey S. Barrall
  • Network-Attached Storage System, Device, and Method with Multiple Storage Tiers
    Publication number: 20070299959
    Abstract: A network-attached system, device, and method supports multiple storage tiers. Data may be migrated between storage tiers, for example, based on a data migration policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: BLUEARC UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Brett Penny, Neil Clarkson, Geoffrey Barrall
  • Network-attached storage system, device, and method supporting multiple storage device types
    Patent number: 7237021
    Abstract: A network-attached system, device, and method supports storage devices having a plurality of storage device types, such as Fibre Channel storage devices, ATA storage devices, serial attached SCSI storage devices, serial ATA storage devices, and solid stage storage devices. Each storage device having a different storage device type is associated with a set of management rules. The management rules may includes rules for such things as identifying the dedicated storage device, configuring the dedicated storage device, sending disk protocol messages to the dedicated storage device, handling disk protocol message received from the dedicated storage device, and handling error and exception conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: BlueArc UK Limited
    Inventors: Brett A. Penny, Neil A. Clarkson, Geoffrey S. Barrall
  • Network-attached storage system, device, and method supporting multiple storage device types
    Publication number: 20040199515
    Abstract: A network-attached system, device, and method supports storage devices having a plurality of storage device types, such as Fibre Channel storage devices, ATA storage devices, serial attached SCSI storage devices, serial ATA storage devices, and solid stage storage devices. Each storage device having a different storage device type is associated with a set of management rules. The management rules may includes rules for such things as identifying the dedicated storage device, configuring the dedicated storage device, sending disk protocol messages to the dedicated storage device, handling disk protocol message received from the dedicated storage device, and handling error and exception conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Brett A. Penny, Neil A. Clarkson, Geoffrey S. Barrall