Patents by Inventor Dalit Tzafir

Dalit Tzafir 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).

  • Data storage system for fast reverse restore
    Patent number: 8005800
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing a copy operation. A fast reverse restore command indicating a new source and a new target is received, wherein the new source is an original target and the new target is an original source. A synchronous scan is performed on the new target. A new target structure associated with the new target is updated using a new source structure associated with the new source. Techniques are also provided for performing a copy operation in which a fast reverse restore command is received after an instant virtual copy has been performed from a new target to a new source and wherein the fast reverse restore command is performed before a background copy has been performed by the instant virtual copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gail Andrea Spear, Michael E. Factor, Rivka Mayraz Matsoevich, Shachar Fienblit, Sheli Rahav, Robert Francis Bartfai, Dalit Tzafir, Ifat Nuriel