Patents by Inventor Chris Stacey, Jr.

Chris Stacey, Jr. 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).

  • Acquired namespace metadata service for controlling access to distributed file system
    Patent number: 10067949
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adopting and controlling storage resources of a distributed file system using an acquired namespace metadata service. For example, a computing system includes a first file system, and a distributed file system, which is separate from the first file system. The distributed file system includes storage nodes for storing data. The first file system includes an acquired namespace metadata server that is configured to execute on one or more nodes of the first file system. To adopt and control storage resources of the distributed file system, the first file system acquires a namespace of the distributed file system and uses the acquired namespace metadata server to manage the acquired namespace of the distributed file system. Moreover, the first file system uses the acquired namespace metadata server to directly communicate with and control access to the storage nodes of the distributed file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Stacey, Jr., John Cardente