Patents by Inventor Donna Jee

Donna Jee 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).

  • Apparatus, system, and method for using multiple criteria to determine collocation granularity for a data source
    Patent number: 7433901
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for collocating data. A mode module sets a collocation mode of a storage pool. The collocation mode specifies the granularity of the data to be collocated. In one embodiment, an assignment module assigns a source of data to a collocation group. A collocation module collocates the source's data to a minimum number of storage pool volumes based on the collocation mode of the storage pool and collocation group assignment of the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Maxwell Cannon, Donna Jee, Michael Kaczmarski
  • Apparatus, system, and method for using multiple criteria to determine collocation granularity for a data source
    Publication number: 20060064430
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for collocating data. A mode module sets a collocation mode of a storage pool. The collocation mode specifies the granularity of the data to be collocated. In one embodiment, an assignment module assigns a source of data to a collocation group. A collocation module collocates the source's data to a minimum number of storage pool volumes based on the collocation mode of the storage pool and collocation group assignment of the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: David Maxwell Cannon, Donna Jee, Michael Kaczmarski