Patents by Inventor James Grier

James Grier 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).

  • System and method for proxying data access commands in a storage system cluster
    Publication number: 20060248047
    Abstract: A system and method proxies data access commands acrossed a cluster interconnect between storage appliances and a cluster using a file-level protocol. Each storage appliance activates two ports per data access, a local port for data access requests directed to clients of the storage appliance and a proxy port for data access requests directed to the partner storage appliance. Clients utilizing multi-pathing software may send data access requests to either the local port of the storage appliance or the proxy port of the storage appliance. The system and method improves high availability, especially during a loss of connectivity due to non-storage appliance hardware failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: James Grier, Vijayan Rajan, John Meneghini, Arthur Lent