Patents by Inventor Kevin Stovall

Kevin Stovall 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).

  • Methods for managing group objects with different service level objectives for an application and devices thereof
    Patent number: 10768834
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices that group objects with different service level objectives for an application includes receiving a request including a service level data to provision a volume. One or more aggregates for the received service level is identified. a resource pool including the identified one or more aggregates is generated. The volume including the generated resource pool with the identified one or more aggregates for the received service level is provisioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Miller, Daniel Gosner, Joe Sunday, Srishylam Simharajan, Kevin Stovall, Raj Lalsangi
  • METHODS FOR MANAGING GROUP OBJECTS WITH DIFFERENT SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVES FOR AN APPLICATION AND DEVICES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190332293
    Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices that group objects with different service level objectives for an application includes receiving a request including a service level data to provision a volume. One or more aggregates for the received service level is identified. a resource pool including the identified one or more aggregates is generated. The volume including the generated resource pool with the identified one or more aggregates for the received service level is provisioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Evan Miller, Daniel Gosner, Joe Sunday, Srishylam Simharajan, Kevin Stovall, Raj Lalsangi
  • Method for non-disruptively aligning I/O access of a host operating system with the underlying storage system
    Patent number: 9772780
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer program products are provided for aligning I/O access from a host operating system with the underlying storage system. A storage operating system can be configured to determine, either manually via operator input or automatically, the size of a data offset caused by misaligned I/O access from a host operating system to a first virtual drive. To align I/O access, the storage operating system can initialize a second virtual disk that is partitioned to accommodate the size of the data offset. The storage operating system can copy header information and main data information from the first virtual disk to the second virtual disk as a background process, non-disruptively aligning the I/O access from the host operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Seay, Joseph Sunday, Keith Bare, II, Kevin Stovall, Sathya Murthy, Vivek Srinivasamurthy
  • Method for Non-Disruptively Aligning I/O Access of a Host Operating System with the Underlying Storage System
    Publication number: 20170123683
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer program products are provided for aligning I/O access from a host operating system with the underlying storage system. A storage operating system can be configured to determine, either manually via operator input or automatically, the size of a data offset caused by misaligned I/O access from a host operating system to a first virtual drive. To align I/O access, the storage operating system can initialize a second virtual disk that is partitioned to accommodate the size of the data offset. The storage operating system can copy header information and main data information from the first virtual disk to the second virtual disk as a background process, non-disruptively aligning the I/O access from the host operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Bryan Seay, Joseph Sunday, Keith Bare, II, Kevin Stovall, Sathya Murthy, Vivek Srinivasamurthy