Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Sunday

Joseph R. Sunday 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: 9819738
    Abstract: Improved access management techniques for storage networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an access control component for execution by the processor circuit to select a set of hosts for which to enable access to a logical storage volume of a network storage cluster, select, from among a plurality of nodes of the network storage cluster, a set of nodes via which to enable access to the logical storage volume by the set of hosts, and generate a storage configuration object comprising a parameter identifying the set of nodes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Kalman, Joseph R. Sunday, Raj Lalsangi
  • Patent number: 9798485
    Abstract: Improved path management techniques for storage networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a detection component for execution by the processor circuit to receive an advertisement of a set of paths for accessing a logical storage volume and determine whether the set of paths comprises an optimized path, and a modification component for execution by the processor circuit to, when the set of paths does not comprise an optimized path, send a first instruction to update a reporting nodes parameter for the logical storage volume to identify an owner node for the logical storage volume and a corresponding partner node. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NETAPP INC.
    Inventors: Dean Kalman, Joseph R. Sunday
  • Publication number: 20150169647
    Abstract: Improved access management techniques for storage networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an access control component for execution by the processor circuit to select a set of hosts for which to enable access to a logical storage volume of a network storage cluster, select, from among a plurality of nodes of the network storage cluster, a set of nodes via which to enable access to the logical storage volume by the set of hosts, and generate a storage configuration object comprising a parameter identifying the set of nodes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Kalman, Joseph R. Sunday, Raj Lalsangi
  • Publication number: 20150169249
    Abstract: Improved path management techniques for storage networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a detection component for execution by the processor circuit to receive an advertisement of a set of paths for accessing a logical storage volume and determine whether the set of paths comprises an optimized path, and a modification component for execution by the processor circuit to, when the set of paths does not comprise an optimized path, send a first instruction to update a reporting nodes parameter for the logical storage volume to identify an owner node for the logical storage volume and a corresponding partner node. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Kalman, Joseph R. Sunday