Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Odell

Jeffrey E. Odell 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).

  • Methods and systems for recovering a computer system using boot volume data from a storage area network
    Patent number: 8069345
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recovering and booting a computer system using a SAN. The computer system comprises a local storage device. A request for writing data to a boot volume on the local storage device is received. The data is written to the local storage device, as well as to the SAN at substantially the same time as receiving the request. The computer system can then be booted using the data written to the SAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Netapp, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Odell
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATIONS IN A RAID STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110029728
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing RAID volumes are disclosed. Metadata is associated with storage devices that comprise a RAID volume. The metadata identifies each of a plurality of portions as being either initialized or non-initialized. The number of I/O operations performed by a storage controller coupled with the storage devices is reduced in response to a request for the RAID volume based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vladimir Popovski, Nelson Nahum, Jeffrey E. Odell
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERING A COMPUTER SYSTEM USING A STORAGE AREA NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100106955
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recovering and booting a computer system using a SAN. The computer system comprises a local storage device. A request for writing data to a boot volume on the local storage device is received. The data is written to the local storage device, as well as to the SAN at substantially the same time as receiving the request. The computer system can then be booted using the data written to the SAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Odell