Patents by Inventor Dennis Trulli

Dennis Trulli 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).

  • Patent number: 11580065
    Abstract: An Orchestrated Data Recovery (ODR) Cyber Protection Automation (CPA) operates to ensure one-to-one creation of snapsets of a production site and corresponding snapsets of a cyber vault. During an initiation phase, the ODR CPA monitors synchronization of a snapset of production volumes from the production site to the cyber vault. If additional snapsets of the production volumes are created prior to completion of synchronization of the first snapset, the additional snapsets are also synchronized to the cyber vault. Once the initial synchronization of the storage volumes has been completed, the ODR CPA causes a Storage Volume Creation and Management System (SVCMS) to create a snapset of the storage volumes at the cyber vault. Subsequently, each time a snapset is created of the production site, the ODR CPA orchestrates synchronization of the snapset to the cyber vault and creation of a corresponding snapset at the cyber vault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Callewaert, Dennis Trulli, Brett Quinn, John Darling
  • Patent number: 11520488
    Abstract: A consistency group is defined to include a set of required devices on a set of storage systems. Write patterns on each of the required devices are monitored and write patterns on each of the other devices on the set of storage systems is monitored. Pairs of devices are formed, in which each pair includes one required device and one other device. Write patterns of the pairs of devices are compared to determine respective percentage coordinated write probabilities for pairs of devices. Write patterns of the pairs of devices are also compared to determine ratios of write operations for pairs of devices. A coordinate write probability above a threshold, or a determined ratio of write operations that occurs sufficiently frequently, is interpreted as an indication that one of the other devices should be included in the consistency group. A learning process is trained and used to analyze the write patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Callewaert, Dennis Trulli, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220107875
    Abstract: A consistency group is defined to include a set of required devices on a set of storage systems. High activity devices are determined, and write dependencies between each high activity device and each low activity devices are monitored. A set of high importance devices is determined to include the high activity devices and low activity devices with a high write dependency on at least one of the high activity devices. Comparative write patterns between the high importance devices and low importance devices are used to determine a set of candidate devices for removal from the consistency group. The high importance devices, rather than all devices of the consistency group, are also used to determine a set of devices that have inadvertently not been included in the consistency group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis Trulli, JR., Peter Callewaert
  • Patent number: 11275666
    Abstract: A consistency group is defined to include a set of required devices on a set of storage systems. High activity devices are determined, and write dependencies between each high activity device and each low activity devices are monitored. A set of high importance devices is determined to include the high activity devices and low activity devices with a high write dependency on at least one of the high activity devices. Comparative write patterns between the high importance devices and low importance devices are used to determine a set of candidate devices for removal from the consistency group. The high importance devices, rather than all devices of the consistency group, are also used to determine a set of devices that have inadvertently not been included in the consistency group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis Trulli, Jr., Peter Callewaert
  • Publication number: 20210334013
    Abstract: A consistency group is defined to include a set of required devices on a set of storage systems. Write patterns on each of the required devices are monitored and write patterns on each of the other devices on the set of storage systems is monitored. Pairs of devices are formed, in which each pair includes one required device and one other device. Write patterns of the pairs of devices are compared to determine respective percentage coordinated write probabilities for pairs of devices. Write patterns of the pairs of devices are also compared to determine ratios of write operations for pairs of devices. A coordinate write probability above a threshold, or a determined ratio of write operations that occurs sufficiently frequently, is interpreted as an indication that one of the other devices should be included in the consistency group. A learning process is trained and used to analyze the write patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Callewaert, Dennis Trulli, JR.