Patents by Inventor David R. Eagleton

David R. Eagleton 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).

  • Affecting a caching algorithm used by a cache of storage system
    Patent number: 7725654
    Abstract: A storage system includes plural storage units having respective storage controllers and associated caches. A first one of the storage units further includes an internal workload generator to initiate a data operation with respect to at least one destination storage unit, where the data operation is associated with tag information to affect a caching algorithm used by the cache of the at least one destination storage unit. The at least one destination storage unit includes at least one of the plural storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael B. Jacobson, David R. Eagleton, Douglas L. Hagerman
  • Affecting a caching algorithm used by a cache of a storage system
    Publication number: 20080028147
    Abstract: A storage system includes plural storage units having respective storage controllers and associated caches. A first one of the storage units further includes an internal workload generator to initiate a data operation with respect to at least one destination storage unit, where the data operation is associated with tag information to affect a caching algorithm used by the cache of the at least one destination storage unit. The at least one destination storage unit includes at least one of the plural storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Michael B. Jacobson, David R. Eagleton, Douglas L. Hagerman