Patents by Inventor James E. Dibb

James E. Dibb 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).

  • Method and system for repairing a redundant array of disk drives
    Patent number: 7222257
    Abstract: A method and system for repairing a redundant array of disk drives. A failed drive in a redundant array is reconstructed by reconstructing the failed drive to a mirrored subsystem formed by a temporary disk drive and the disk drive slot associated with the failed drive. The failed drive is replaced by a replacement drive and the mirrored subsystem copies data from the temporary disk drive to the replacement disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: James E. Dibb