Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Gibes

Kenneth J. Gibes 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).

  • Storage device volume selection for improved space allocation
    Patent number: 10782922
    Abstract: A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to: receive, by the computer, a data set allocation request; determine, by the computer, whether a size of the data set is greater than a threshold; use, by the computer, first key values in a first index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is greater than the threshold; use, by the computer, second key values in a second index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold; perform, by the computer, the allocation request in the selected volume; and store, by the computer, control data about the data set in the control data set corresponding to the selected volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gibes, Harold S. Huber, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • STORAGE DEVICE VOLUME SELECTION FOR IMPROVED SPACE ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20190146677
    Abstract: A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to: receive, by the computer, a data set allocation request; determine, by the computer, whether a size of the data set is greater than a threshold; use, by the computer, first key values in a first index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is greater than the threshold; use, by the computer, second key values in a second index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold; perform, by the computer, the allocation request in the selected volume; and store, by the computer, control data about the data set in the control data set corresponding to the selected volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gibes, Harold S. Huber, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • Storage device volume selection for improved space allocation
    Patent number: 10228886
    Abstract: A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to: receive, by the computer, a data set allocation request; determine, by the computer, whether a size of the data set is greater than a threshold; use, by the computer, first key values in a first index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is greater than the threshold; use, by the computer, second key values in a second index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold; perform, by the computer, the allocation request in the selected volume; and store, by the computer, control data about the data set in the control data set corresponding to the selected volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gibes, Harold S. Huber, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith
  • STORAGE DEVICE VOLUME SELECTION FOR IMPROVED SPACE ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20170308322
    Abstract: A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to: receive, by the computer, a data set allocation request; determine, by the computer, whether a size of the data set is greater than a threshold; use, by the computer, first key values in a first index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is greater than the threshold; use, by the computer, second key values in a second index to select a volume in response to determining that the size of the data set is less than the threshold; perform, by the computer, the allocation request in the selected volume; and store, by the computer, control data about the data set in the control data set corresponding to the selected volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Gibes, Harold S. Huber, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith