Patents by Inventor Keith Allen Bare, II

Keith Allen Bare, II 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: 12105679
    Abstract: Approaches and mechanisms for cloning a file are described. A first node requests a clone of a file at a time when it also requests an exclusive delegation of the original file from a second node where the original file is stored. The second node marks the original file as delegated to the first node and the second node records an intent to create the clone file and a delegation record for the clone file. The second node creates the clone file. The delegation of and the identity of the clone file are returned to the first node. The first node marks in the delegation record that the clone file was committed in response to modification. If the clone file was committed the delegation is cleared and the clone file is kept, and if the clone file was not committed, the delegation is cleared, and the clone file is deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Bare, II, Richard Parvin Jernigan, IV, Asish Prabhakar Kottala
  • Publication number: 20240296147
    Abstract: Approaches and mechanisms for cloning a file are described. A first node requests a clone of a file at a time when it also requests an exclusive delegation of the original file from a second node where the original file is stored. The second node marks the original file as delegated to the first node and the second node records an intent to create the clone file and a delegation record for the clone file. The second node creates the clone file. The delegation of and the identity of the clone file are returned to the first node. The first node marks in the delegation record that the clone file was committed in response to modification. If the clone file was committed the delegation is cleared and the clone file is kept, and if the clone file was not committed, the delegation is cleared, and the clone file is deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Bare, II, Richard Parvin Jernigan, IV, Asish Prabhakar Kottala
  • Publication number: 20240061816
    Abstract: Approaches and mechanisms for cloning a file are described. A first node requests a clone of a file at a time when it also requests an exclusive delegation of the original file from a second node where the original file is stored. The second node marks the original file as delegated to the first node and the second node records an intent to create the clone file and a delegation record for the clone file. The second node creates the clone file. The delegation of and the identity of the clone file are returned to the first node. The first node marks in the delegation record that the clone file was committed in response to modification. If the clone file was committed the delegation is cleared and the clone file is kept, and if the clone file was not committed, the delegation is cleared, and the clone file is deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Bare, II, Richard Parvin Jernigan, IV, Asish Prabhakar Kottala
  • Patent number: 11900160
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that more efficiently and effectively manage storage quota enforcement are disclosed. With this technology, a quota ticket comprising a tally generation number (TGN) and a local allowed usage amount (AUA) are obtained. The local AUA comprises a portion of a global AUA associated with a quota rule. The local AUA is increased following receipt of another portion of the global AUA in a response from a cluster peer, when another TGN in the response matches the TGN and the local AUA is insufficient to execute a received storage operation associated with the quota rule. The local AUA is decreased by an amount corresponding to, and following execution of, the storage operation, when the increased local AUA is sufficient to execute the storage operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Keith Allen Bare, II, Ying-Hao Wang, Jonathan Westley Moody, Bradley Raymond Lisson, Richard Wight, David Loren Rose, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Daniel Tennant
  • Publication number: 20220269541
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that more efficiently and effectively manage storage quota enforcement are disclosed. With this technology, a quota ticket comprising a tally generation number (TGN) and a local allowed usage amount (AUA) are obtained. The local AUA comprises a portion of a global AUA associated with a quota rule. The local AUA is increased following receipt of another portion of the global AUA in a response from a cluster peer, when another TGN in the response matches the TGN and the local AUA is insufficient to execute a received storage operation associated with the quota rule. The local AUA is decreased by an amount corresponding to, and following execution of, the storage operation, when the increased local AUA is sufficient to execute the storage operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Xin WANG, Keith Allen Bare, II, Ying-Hao Wang, Jonathan Westley Moody, Bradley Raymond Lisson, Richard Wight, David Loren Rose, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Daniel Tennant
  • Patent number: 11354160
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that more efficiently and effectively manage storage quota enforcement are disclosed. With this technology, a quota ticket comprising a tally generation number (TGN) and a local allowed usage amount (AUA) are obtained. The local AUA comprises a portion of a global AUA associated with a quota rule. The local AUA is increased following receipt of another portion of the global AUA in a response from a cluster peer, when another TGN in the response matches the TGN and the local AUA is insufficient to execute a received storage operation associated with the quota rule. The local AUA is decreased by an amount corresponding to, and following execution of, the storage operation, when the increased local AUA is sufficient to execute the storage operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Keith Allen Bare, II, Ying-Hao Wang, Jonathan Westley Moody, Bradley Raymond Lisson, Richard Wight, David Loren Rose, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Daniel Tennant
  • Publication number: 20200192713
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that more efficiently and effectively manage storage quota enforcement are disclosed. With this technology, a quota ticket comprising a tally generation number (TGN) and a local allowed usage amount (AUA) are obtained. The local AUA comprises a portion of a global AUA associated with a quota rule. The local AUA is increased following receipt of another portion of the global AUA in a response from a cluster peer, when another TGN in the response matches the TGN and the local AUA is insufficient to execute a received storage operation associated with the quota rule. The local AUA is decreased by an amount corresponding to, and following execution of, the storage operation, when the increased local AUA is sufficient to execute the storage operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Keith Allen Bare, II, Ying-Hao Wang, Jonathan Westley Moody, Bradley Raymond Lisson, Richard Wight, David Loren Rose, Richard P. Jernigan, IV, Daniel Tennant
  • Patent number: 8955087
    Abstract: Machine implemented method and system for transferring replicated information from a first storage location managed by a storage operating system at a first storage system node and accessible to a client computing system to a second storage location managed by a second storage system node are provided. A resource pool having a plurality of tokens is maintained for authorizing a replication engine to transfer replicated information from the first storage location to the second storage location. The number of available tokens is increased when traffic due to client requests for accessing the first storage location is less than a first threshold level. The number of available tokens is decreased for reducing transfer of information via the replication engine, when latency in responding to the client requests reaches a second threshold value and the traffic due to client requests reaches the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Netapp, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Keith Allen Bare, II
  • Publication number: 20140137236
    Abstract: Machine implemented method and system for transferring replicated information from a first storage location managed by a storage operating system at a first storage system node and accessible to a client computing system to a second storage location managed by a second storage system node are provided. A resource pool having a plurality of tokens is maintained for authorizing a replication engine to transfer replicated information from the first storage location to the second storage location. The number of available tokens is increased when traffic due to client requests for accessing the first storage location is less than a first threshold level. The number of available tokens is decreased for reducing transfer of information via the replication engine, when latency in responding to the client requests reaches a second threshold value and the traffic due to client requests reaches the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Keith Allen Bare, II