Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Fultz

Jeffrey Fultz 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).

  • Fast recovery in data mirroring techniques
    Patent number: 8117493
    Abstract: One or more data mirroring techniques are provided in which data storage units are pre-connected to a host node in a clustered network, in preparation for a potential data access failure. One or more data storage units are mirrored (e.g., replicated) between a source volume and a destination volume. A destination host node is pre-connected to the one or more mirrored data storage units in a destination volume prior to a data access failure at the source volume. After a data access failure occurs at the source volume (e.g., due to a hardware failure) access to the mirrored one or more data storage units is granted in an efficient manner due to the pre-connection of the destination node to the one or more mirrored data storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Fultz, Boris Teterin