Patents by Inventor Bryan Cantrill

Bryan Cantrill 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).

  • Patent number: 9792290
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 9582327
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a compute-centric object store. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to perform a compute operation on at least a portion of an object store from a first user, the request identifying parameters of the compute operation, assigning virtual operating system containers to the objects of the object store from a pool of virtual operating system containers. The virtual operating system containers may perform the compute operation on the objects according to the identified parameters of the request. The method may also include clearing the virtual operating system containers and returning the virtual operating system containers to the pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: JOYENT, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 9104456
    Abstract: Zone management of compute-based object stores is provided herein. An exemplary method may include assigning a virtual operating system container from the reserve zone pool to a task group, the task group including a set of tasks for a phase of a first request, and executing the set of tasks within the assigned virtual operating system container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pacheco, Mark Cavage, Yunong Xiao, Gerald Jelinek, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 9092238
    Abstract: Versioning schemes for compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include creating a metadata clone of a first object within an object store via a versioning scheme module, the metadata of the first object being stored in the object store on a first path, establishing a copy on write link between the first path and a second path for the first object via the versioning scheme module, and storing the cloned metadata on the second path via the versioning scheme module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill, Nathan Fitch
  • Publication number: 20150199372
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 9075818
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8898205
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140280198
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140282615
    Abstract: Versioning schemes for compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include creating a metadata clone of a first object within an object store via a versioning scheme module, the metadata of the first object being stored in the object store on a first path, establishing a copy on write link between the first path and a second path for the first object via the versioning scheme module, and storing the cloned metadata on the second path via the versioning scheme module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill, Nathan Fitch
  • Publication number: 20140280970
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for method for managing requests for computing resources. Methods may include dynamically throttling requests for computing resources generated by one or more tenants within a multi-tenant system, such as a cloud. In some embodiments, the present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations for a physical storage media that is accessible by the tenants of the cloud. The present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations to ensure fair access to the physical storage media for each tenant within the cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: William Pijewski, Brendan Gregg, Gerald A. Jelinek, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140279955
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140282513
    Abstract: Instruction set architectures for compute-centric object stores. An exemplary method may include receiving a request from a user, the request identifying parameters of a compute operation that is to be executed against one or more objects in a distributed object store, generating a set of tasks from the request that comprise instructions for a daemon, locating the one or more objects within the distributed object store, the one or more objects being stored on a physical node. The method includes providing the set of tasks to a daemon, the daemon controlling execution of the compute operation by a virtual operating system container based upon the set of tasks, and storing an output of the virtual operating system container in the distributed object store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Pacheco, Mark Cavage, Yunong Xiao, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140282512
    Abstract: Zone management of compute-based object stores is provided herein. An exemplary method may include assigning a virtual operating system container from the reserve zone pool to a task group, the task group including a set of tasks for a phase of a first request, and executing the set of tasks within the assigned virtual operating system container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Pacheco, Mark Cavage, Yunong Xiao, Gerald Jelinek, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20140282590
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a compute-centric object store. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to perform a compute operation on at least a portion of an object store from a first user, the request identifying parameters of the compute operation, assigning virtual operating system containers to the objects of the object store from a pool of virtual operating system containers. The virtual operating system containers may perform the compute operation on the objects according to the identified parameters of the request. The method may also include clearing the virtual operating system containers and returning the virtual operating system containers to the pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8826279
    Abstract: Instruction set architectures for compute-centric object stores. An exemplary method may include receiving a request from a user, the request identifying parameters of a compute operation that is to be executed against one or more objects in a distributed object store, generating a set of tasks from the request that comprise instructions for a daemon, locating the one or more objects within the distributed object store, the one or more objects being stored on a physical node. The method includes providing the set of tasks to a daemon, the daemon controlling execution of the compute operation by a virtual operating system container based upon the set of tasks, and storing an output of the virtual operating system container in the distributed object store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pacheco, Mark Cavage, Yunong Xiao, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8793688
    Abstract: A method for storing and processing data includes providing an operating system (OS) virtualization running on a processor and having a plurality of containers. Each container may prevent privilege escalation by a user to an administrator of a global zone running the OS virtualization. The method may also include providing a hardware virtual machine (HVM) for the user, the HVM encapsulated in one of the containers. A system for storing and processing data is provided that includes an operating system (OS) virtualization stored in a memory and running on a processor. The OS virtualization has a plurality of containers, and each container prevents privilege escalation by a user to an administrator of a global zone running the OS virtualization. The HVM may be encapsulated in one of the containers. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mustacchi, Max Bruning, Gerald Jelinek, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8782224
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for method for managing requests for computing resources. Methods may include dynamically throttling requests for computing resources generated by one or more tenants within a multi-tenant system, such as a cloud. In some embodiments, the present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations for a physical storage media that is accessible by the tenants of the cloud. The present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations to ensure fair access to the physical storage media for each tenant within the cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Pijewski, Gerald A. Jelinek, Brendan Gregg, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8775485
    Abstract: Object store management operations within compute-centric object stores are provided herein. An exemplary method may include transforming an object storage dump into an object store table by a table generator container, wherein the object storage dump includes at least objects within an object store that are marked for deletion, transmitting records for objects from the object store table to reducer containers, such that each reducer container receives object records for at least one object, the object records comprising all object records for the at least one object, generating a set of cleanup tasks by the reducer containers, and executing the cleanup tasks by a cleanup agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, Nathan Fitch, Fred Kuo, Yunong Xiao, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Patent number: 8677359
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a compute-centric object store. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to perform a compute operation on at least a portion of an object store from a first user, the request identifying parameters of the compute operation, assigning virtual operating system containers to the objects of the object store from a pool of virtual operating system containers. The virtual operating system containers may perform the compute operation on the objects according to the identified parameters of the request. The method may also include clearing the virtual operating system containers and returning the virtual operating system containers to the pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cavage, David Pacheco, Bryan Cantrill
  • Publication number: 20130328909
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for generating heat maps of event data are provided herein. Methods may include gathering instances of event data according to a performance characteristic, discretely decomposing the instances by applying at least one constraint to the instances, assigning a hue to each instance, the hue being associated with the at least one constraint, and generating a heat map that includes representations of the instances, wherein each representation includes the hue associated with the at least one constraint to which the instance has been assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Joyent, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pacheco, Brendan Gregg, Bryan Cantrill