Patents by Inventor Darrell G. Suggs

Darrell G. Suggs 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).

  • Virtual storage appliance gateway
    Patent number: 9237195
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a storage system are provided. In one example, a storage system includes a storage server and a virtual storage appliance (VSA) implemented in a virtual machine. The storage server provides access to a first shared namespace of data. The VSA is operatively connected to the storage server system over a network connection and provides access to a second shared namespace of data over the network connection. The second shared namespace is defined by a policy and includes a subset of the first shared namespace. The VSA also replicates data of a third shared namespace of data at the VSA making the third shared namespace available at the VSA when the network connection is unavailable. The third namespace is defined by the policy and includes a subset of the second shared namespace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. CaraDonna, David Slik, Darrell G. Suggs
  • VIRTUAL STORAGE APPLIANCE GATEWAY
    Publication number: 20130290470
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operating a storage system are provided. In one example, a storage system includes a storage server and a virtual storage appliance (VSA) implemented in a virtual machine. The storage server provides access to a first shared namespace of data. The VSA is operatively connected to the storage server system over a network connection and provides access to a second shared namespace of data over the network connection. The second shared namespace is defined by a policy and includes a subset of the first shared namespace. The VSA also replicates data of a third shared namespace of data at the VSA making the third shared namespace available at the VSA when the network connection is unavailable. The third namespace is defined by the policy and includes a subset of the second shared namespace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. CaraDonna, David Slik, Darrell G. Suggs
  • Integrating control of service during cluster failover
    Patent number: 7694166
    Abstract: A clustered storage server detects an offline condition in another storage server in the cluster and executes a cluster takeover procedure which includes taking control of the storage system associated with the offline storage server, and merging a local control-of-service policy with a control-of-service policy associated with the offline storage server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell G. Suggs, Robert L. Fair, Jeffrey S. Kimmel, Alan L. Rowe, Joydeep Sen Sarma