Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Nick

Jeffrey Nick 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).

  • Patent number: 9092260
    Abstract: An information processing system in an illustrative embodiment comprises a sync point coordinator providing resilient high throughput job processing via coordinated resource scheduling across a distributed virtual infrastructure. In one aspect, a processing device of the information processing system comprises a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device implements a controller configured to coordinate interaction of each of multiple sync point components of the information processing system with distributed virtual infrastructure of the information processing system. The controller is coupled between each of the sync point components and the distributed virtual infrastructure. The controller may comprise, for example, a sync point coordinator having a schedule optimization module, and the sync point components may include, for example, a throughput scheduler, a resource manager, a job management system and a snapshot management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Moore, Jeffrey Nick, Subramanian Kartik, Mahesh Seshadri
  • Patent number: 8924966
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processing platform comprising at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform implements a complex asset capture/revert module. The capture/revert module comprises a persistence state machine and a reversion state machine. The capture/revert module is configured to coordinate capture via the persistence state machine of respective states of a plurality of complex assets of distributed information technology infrastructure of the information processing system, and subsequently to coordinate revert via the reversion state machine of at least a given one of the complex assets to its corresponding captured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Moore, Jeffrey Nick, Subramanian Kartik
  • Patent number: 8683495
    Abstract: An information processing system in an illustrative embodiment comprises a sync point coordinator providing resilient high throughput job processing via coordinated resource scheduling across a distributed virtual infrastructure. In one aspect, a processing device of the information processing system comprises a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device implements a controller configured to coordinate interaction of each of multiple sync point components of the information processing system with distributed virtual infrastructure of the information processing system. The controller is coupled between each of the sync point components and the distributed virtual infrastructure. The controller may comprise, for example, a sync point coordinator having a schedule optimization module, and the sync point components may include, for example, a throughput scheduler, a resource manager, a job management system and a snapshot management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Moore, Jeffrey Nick, Subramanian Kartik, Mahesh Seshadri
  • Publication number: 20070268844
    Abstract: A coupling facility is coupled to one or more other coupling facilities via one or more peer links. The coupling of the facilities enables various functions to be supported, including the duplexing of structures of the coupling facilities. Duplexing is performed on a structure basis, and thus, a coupling facility may include duplexed structures, as well as non-duplexed or simplexed structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Elko, Steven Goss, Michael Jordan, Georgette Kurdt, Jeffrey Nick, Kelly Pushong, David Surman
  • Publication number: 20060136458
    Abstract: A coupling facility is coupled to one or more other coupling facilities via one or more peer links. The coupling of the facilities enables various functions to be supported, including the duplexing of structures of the coupling facilities. Duplexing is performed on a structure basis, and thus, a coupling facility may include duplexed structures, as well as non-duplexed or simplexed structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Elko, Steven Goss, Michael Jordan, Georgette Kurdt, Jeffrey Nick, Kelly Pushong, David Surman
  • Publication number: 20060020944
    Abstract: The configuration of the logical processors of a logical partition is managed dynamically. A logical partition is initially configured with one or more logical processors. Thereafter, the configuration can be dynamically adjusted. This dynamic adjustment may be in response to workload of the logical partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary King, Jeffrey Kubala, Jeffrey Nick, Peter Yocom, Daniel Kaberon