Patents by Inventor KRISHANKUMAR RAO SURUGUCCHI

KRISHANKUMAR RAO SURUGUCCHI 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).

  • Storing data in multi-region storage devices
    Patent number: 10572356
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a storage controller coupled to at least one multi-region storage device. The at least one multi-region storage device comprises two or more storage regions, the two or more storage regions comprising a first storage region associated with a first set of failure characteristics and at least a second storage region associated with a second set of failure characteristics different than the first set of failure characteristics. The storage controller is configured to replicate in the second storage region at least a portion of data that is stored in the first storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bulent Abali, Mohammad Banikazemi, Timothy J. Chainer, James L. Hafner, Dan E. Poff, Krishankumar Rao Surugucchi
  • STORING DATA IN MULTI-REGION STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180052751
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a storage controller coupled to at least one multi-region storage device. The at least one multi-region storage device comprises two or more storage regions, the two or more storage regions comprising a first storage region associated with a first set of failure characteristics and at least a second storage region associated with a second set of failure characteristics different than the first set of failure characteristics. The storage controller is configured to replicate in the second storage region at least a portion of data that is stored in the first storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: BULENT ABALI, MOHAMMAD BANIKAZEMI, TIMOTHY J. CHAINER, JAMES L. HAFNER, DAN E. POFF, KRISHANKUMAR RAO SURUGUCCHI