Patents by Inventor Christian Compton

Christian Compton 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).

  • Methods for filesystem metadata caching to improve failover performance and devices thereof
    Patent number: 10210056
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with caching filesystem metadata to a partner non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) includes caching metadata related to an incoming data modifying operation generated by a client computing device to at least one storage controller device in a cluster. A service interruption event that makes a data block present in the storage device of a hosting storage node inaccessible to the client computing device is determined for during the caching. The requested metadata block from the at least one NVRAM is retrieved when the service interruption event is determined. The cache is warmed using the retrieved metadata block from the at least one NVRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Ram Kesavan, Ananthan Subramanian, Aziz Gulbeden, Christian Compton, Jawahar Tadipatri, Bipin Tomar, Joseph Allen Brown, Jr.
  • METHODS FOR FILESYSTEM METADATA CACHING TO IMPROVE FAILOVER PERFORMANCE AND DEVICES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170286238
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with caching filesystem metadata to a partner non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) includes caching metadata related to an incoming data modifying operation generated by a client computing device to at least one storage controller device in a cluster. A service interruption event that makes a data block present in the storage device of a hosting storage node inaccessible to the client computing device is determined for during the caching. The requested metadata block from the at least one NVRAM is retrieved when the service interruption event is determined. The cache is warmed using the retrieved metadata block from the at least one NVRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ram Kesavan, Ananthan Subramanian, Aziz Gulbeden, Christian Compton, Jawahar Tadipatri, Bipin Tomar, Joseph Allen Brown, JR.