Patents by Inventor Ken Fugate

Ken Fugate 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).

  • Unified enterprise level method and system for enhancing application and storage performance
    Patent number: 8346917
    Abstract: A unified enterprise level method and system for enhancing a performance of applications and storage subsystems in a storage network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the performance of the storage network having applications and storage subsystems includes collecting performance data associated with the applications and the storage subsystems, and generating performance profiles for a set of combinations of the applications and the storage subsystems implemented in the storage network based on the performance data. The method also includes receiving desired performance criteria for an application of the storage network, and applying a performance profile to configure the application and a storage subsystem assigned to the application substantially similar to the desired performance criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Netapp. Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Ken Fugate, Richard Stehno, Mark Pokorny
  • UNIFIED ENTERPRISE LEVEL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING APPLICATION AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20100332646
    Abstract: A unified enterprise level method and system for enhancing a performance of applications and storage subsystems in a storage network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the performance of the storage network having applications and storage subsystems includes collecting performance data associated with the applications and the storage subsystems, and generating performance profiles for a set of combinations of the applications and the storage subsystems implemented in the storage network based on the performance data. The method also includes receiving desired performance criteria for an application of the storage network, and applying a performance profile to configure the application and a storage subsystem assigned to the application substantially similar to the desired performance criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: SRIDHAR BALASUBRAMANIAN, Ken Fugate, Richard Stehno, Mark Pokorny