Patents by Inventor Brid O'Driscoll

Brid O'Driscoll 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).

  • Automated expansion and reduction of replicated data sets
    Patent number: 11455320
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying an application data set may include receiving a request to modify a storage group of logical devices used by an application; and performing processing that modifies, in accordance with the request, the storage group and an existing remote replication configuration. The processing may include verifying that the logical devices of the storage group are protected by remote replication performed in accordance with the existing remote replication configuration; analyzing the existing remote replication configuration and generating analysis information; performing, in accordance with the analysis information and the request, a first modification to the existing remote replication configuration; and performing, in accordance with the request, a second modification to the storage group. The request may add logical devices to the storage group or remove logical devices from the storage group and accordingly modify the existing remote replication configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian O'Halloran, Siobhan McLoughlin, Peter Fleming, Martin Neville, Brid O'Driscoll
  • AUTOMATED EXPANSION AND REDUCTION OF REPLICATED DATA SETS
    Publication number: 20220067060
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying an application data set may include receiving a request to modify a storage group of logical devices used by an application; and performing processing that modifies, in accordance with the request, the storage group and an existing remote replication configuration. The processing may include verifying that the logical devices of the storage group are protected by remote replication performed in accordance with the existing remote replication configuration; analyzing the existing remote replication configuration and generating analysis information; performing, in accordance with the analysis information and the request, a first modification to the existing remote replication configuration; and performing, in accordance with the request, a second modification to the storage group. The request may add logical devices to the storage group or remove logical devices from the storage group and accordingly modify the existing remote replication configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian O'Halloran, Siobhan McLoughlin, Peter Fleming, Martin Neville, Brid O'Driscoll