Patents by Inventor Hyeong-Ge Park

Hyeong-Ge Park 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 TAPE SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TAPE MOUNTING OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110145494
    Abstract: A method of a virtual tape server (VTS) for processing a mount request from a host system, the method comprising the steps of receiving a logical-volume (LVOL) mount request from the host system using a virtual-tape drive (VTD) of the virtual tape server; determining whether the logical volume is present in a virtual storage region (cache) using a controller in the virtual tape server; determining using the controller, if it is determined that the logical volume is not present in the virtual storage region, whether the mount request is a write request; and notifying, if it is determined that the mount request is a write request, the host system of completion of the mounting without reading the requested logical volume from a physical tape library that is externally connected to the virtual tape server into the virtual storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Mitsuma, Toshiyasu Motoki, Yutaka Oishi, Hyeong-Ge Park