Patents by Inventor Daniel Paul Dent

Daniel Paul Dent 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).

  • Dynamic rebuild capability in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrays using compressing drives
    Patent number: 11474900
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for dynamic rebuild capability in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrays using compressing drives. The method includes providing an array including a physical rebuild area for the multiple drives of the array and dynamically adjusting a number of allocated rebuild zones available within the rebuild area, wherein each allocated rebuild zone has capacity to store a drive rebuild based on a current physical usage of the multiple drives of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Gemma Izen, Mark Keith Elliott, Daniel Paul Dent, Dominic Tomkins, Alastair Cooper
  • DYNAMIC REBUILD CAPABILITY IN REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS (RAID) ARRAYS USING COMPRESSING DRIVES
    Publication number: 20220043709
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for dynamic rebuild capability in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrays using compressing drives. The method includes providing an array including a physical rebuild area for the multiple drives of the array and dynamically adjusting a number of allocated rebuild zones available within the rebuild area, wherein each allocated rebuild zone has capacity to store a drive rebuild based on a current physical usage of the multiple drives of the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Gemma Izen, Mark Keith Elliott, Daniel Paul Dent, Dominic Tomkins, Alastair Cooper