Patents by Inventor Harsh Tiwari

Harsh Tiwari 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).

  • Block allocation methods and systems in a networked storage environment
    Patent number: 11740820
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a storage environment are provided. One method includes identifying, by a processor, a plurality of block numbers of a fragmented address space for re-allocation, each block number associated with data stored by a file system in a storage device of a storage system; determining, by the processor, compressed data associated with a block number from among the plurality of block numbers; verifying, by the processor, that an indirect block of a hierarchical structure maintained by the file system references the block number associated with the compressed data; and copying, by the processor, the compressed data to a new block, without decompressing the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Mathankumar Devarajan, Girish Hebbale Venkatasubbaiah, Venkateswarlu Tella, Dnyaneshwar Nagorao Pawar, Harsh Tiwari