Patents by Inventor James Sherer

James Sherer 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).

  • Write Request Fulfillment in a Storage Network
    Publication number: 20250138747
    Abstract: A processing system of a storage network operates by receiving a write request associated with a data object; identifying dispersed storage error encoding parameters; and determining a number of available storage units. When the number of available storage units is determined to exceed a first number, the processing system operates by: determining a first write threshold number in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding parameters; dispersed error encoding the data object to produce a first write threshold number of encoded data slices; and writing, to available storage units, the first write threshold number of encoded data slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew D. Baptist, Niall J. McShane, Greg R. Dhuse, Thomas F. Shirley, JR., Gregory Palinckx, Russell P. Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert C. McCammon, James Sherer
  • Facilitating write requests in a storage network
    Patent number: 12197768
    Abstract: A processing system of a storage network operates by receiving a write request associated with a data object; identifying dispersed storage error encoding parameters; and determining a number of available storage units. When the number of available storage units is determined to exceed a first number, the processing system operates by: determining a first write threshold number in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding parameters; dispersed error encoding the data object to produce a first write threshold number of encoded data slices; and writing, to available storage units, the first write threshold number of encoded data slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew D. Baptist, Niall J. McShane, Greg R. Dhuse, Thomas F. Shirley, Jr., Gregory Palinckx, Russell P. Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert C. McCammon, James Sherer
  • Facilitating Write Requests in a Storage Network
    Publication number: 20220374162
    Abstract: A processing system of a storage network operates by receiving a write request associated with a data object; identifying dispersed storage error encoding parameters; and determining a number of available storage units. When the number of available storage units is determined to exceed a first number, the processing system operates by: determining a first write threshold number in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding parameters; dispersed error encoding the data object to produce a first write threshold number of encoded data slices; and writing, to available storage units, the first write threshold number of encoded data slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew D. Baptist, Niall J. McShane, Greg R. Dhuse, Thomas F. Shirley, JR., Gregory Palinckx, Russell P. Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert C. McCammon, James Sherer
  • Facilitating data consistency in a dispersed storage network
    Patent number: 10402395
    Abstract: A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit that includes a processor includes determining to access a set of storage units; identifying an information dispersal algorithm (IDA) width and a decode threshold number associated with the set of storage units; determining a number of available storage units of the set of storage units; determining a write threshold number and a read threshold number based on the number of available storage units and in accordance with a consistency approach; and accessing at least some of the available storage units utilizing at least one of the write and read threshold numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew D. Baptist, Niall J. McShane, Greg R. Dhuse, Thomas F. Shirley, Jr., Gregory Palinckx, Russell P. Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert C. McCammon, James Sherer
  • FACILITATING DATA CONSISTENCY IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20180260434
    Abstract: A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit that includes a processor includes determining to access a set of storage units; identifying an information dispersal algorithm (IDA) width and a decode threshold number associated with the set of storage units; determining a number of available storage units of the set of storage units; determining a write threshold number and a read threshold number based on the number of available storage units and in accordance with a consistency approach; and accessing at least some of the available storage units utilizing at least one of the write and read threshold numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew D. Baptist, Niall J. McShane, Greg R. Dhuse, Thomas F. Shirley, JR., Gregory Palinckx, Russell P. Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert C. McCammon, James Sherer
  • Consistency based access of data in a dispersed storage network
    Patent number: 10049120
    Abstract: A method begins by a requesting entity sending a normal data segment access request to first and second groups of storage units of a dispersed storage network. The method continues with the requesting entity sending a group failure data segment access request to the first group of storage units when the second group of storage units has less than a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices available. When the second group of storage units has reestablished that the at least the decode threshold number of encoded data slices is available, the method continues with the requesting entity sending a re-integration data segment write request to the first and second groups of storage units and sending a re-integration data segment read request to the first group of storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew Baptist, Niall John McShane, Greg Dhuse, Thomas Franklin Shirley, Jr., Gregory Palinckx, Russell Paul Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert Clark McCammon, James Sherer
  • CONSISTENCY BASED ACCESS OF DATA IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160070719
    Abstract: A method begins by a requesting entity sending a normal data segment access request to first and second groups of storage units of a dispersed storage network. The method continues with the requesting entity sending a group failure data segment access request to the first group of storage units when the second group of storage units has less than a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices available. When the second group of storage units has reestablished that the at least the decode threshold number of encoded data slices is available, the method continues with the requesting entity sending a re-integration data segment write request to the first and second groups of storage units and sending a re-integration data segment read request to the first group of storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: CLEVERSAFE, INC.
    Inventors: Jason K. Resch, Andrew Baptist, Niall John McShane, Greg Dhuse, Thomas Franklin Shirley, JR., Gregory Palinckx, Russell Paul Kennedy, S. Christopher Gladwin, Robert Clark McCammon, James Sherer