Patents by Inventor Keith Arner

Keith Arner 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).

  • Remote volume access and migration via a clustered server namespace
    Patent number: 8078622
    Abstract: A system and method that provides users of network data storage systems with the ability to gain the advantages of a clustered storage server system, in which volumes stored on multiple server nodes are linked into a virtual global hierarchical namespace, without first having to migrate their data to the clustered storage server system. The system employs an extended virtual global hierarchical namespace that allows client systems to access, via the extended global namespace, volumes stored on the clustered storage server system and on one or more storage servers that are remote from and do not constitute a part of the clustered system. The extended global namespace can also be employed to perform migration of volume data among the multiple nodes of the clustered storage server system and the remote storage servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: Faramarz Rabii, Hooman Vassef, Peter Corbett, Keith Arner
  • REMOTE VOLUME ACCESS AND MIGRATION VIA A CLUSTERED SERVER NAMESPACE
    Publication number: 20100114889
    Abstract: A system and method that provides users of network data storage systems with the ability to gain the advantages of a clustered storage server system, in which volumes stored on multiple server nodes are linked into a virtual global hierarchical namespace, without first having to migrate their data to the clustered storage server system. The system employs an extended virtual global hierarchical namespace that allows client systems to access, via the extended global namespace, volumes stored on the clustered storage server system and on one or more storage servers that are remote from and do not constitute a part of the clustered system. The extended global namespace can also be employed to perform migration of volume data among the multiple nodes of the clustered storage server system and the remote storage servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Faramarz Rabii, Hooman Vassef, Peter Corbett, Keith Arner
  • Method, apparatus and software for preventing switch failures in the presence of faults
    Publication number: 20050193246
    Abstract: A switch for transferring data including a master unit. The switch including a plurality of slave units. The switch including a bus through which the master unit communicates with the slave units. The switch including a memory in communication with the master unit having a software program which causes the switch to automatically recover when a slave unit fails. A method for transferring data. A software program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Nolish, Drew Anderson, Keith Arner