Patents by Inventor Kyle Grygo

Kyle Grygo 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).

  • Temporary Local Protection Against Data Loss When A Node Fails In A Distributed Storage System
    Publication number: 20260186917
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enhances data protection in a distributed storage system. In a particular example, a method includes determining a drive in a subject node of the distributed storage system has failed while storing first data of a data set distributed across nodes of the distributed storage system by a data protection mechanism. The method further includes broadcasting failure information indicating the data set from the subject node to other nodes of the distributed storage system. At the other nodes, in response to receiving the failure information, the method includes identifying a subset of the other nodes that also store a portion of the data set. In each identified node of the subset, the method includes identifying second data of the data set stored on a local drive and copying the second data to a different local drive to protect the data set from further drive failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Mears, Samuel Fink, Kyle Grygo
  • Temporary local protection against data loss when a node fails in a distributed storage system
    Patent number: 12554596
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enhances data protection in a distributed storage system. In a particular example, a method includes determining a drive in a subject node of the distributed storage system has failed while storing first data of a data set distributed across nodes of the distributed storage system by a data protection mechanism. The method further includes broadcasting failure information indicating the data set from the subject node to other nodes of the distributed storage system. At the other nodes, in response to receiving the failure information, the method includes identifying a subset of the other nodes that also store a portion of the data set. In each identified node of the subset, the method includes identifying second data of the data set stored on a local drive and copying the second data to a different local drive to protect the data set from further drive failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Mears, Samuel Fink, Kyle Grygo
  • Temporary Local Protection Against Data Loss When A Node Fails In A Distributed Storage System
    Publication number: 20250238330
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enhances data protection in a distributed storage system. In a particular example, a method includes determining a drive in a subject node of the distributed storage system has failed while storing first data of a data set distributed across nodes of the distributed storage system by a data protection mechanism. The method further includes broadcasting failure information indicating the data set from the subject node to other nodes of the distributed storage system. At the other nodes, in response to receiving the failure information, the method includes identifying a subset of the other nodes that also store a portion of the data set. In each identified node of the subset, the method includes identifying second data of the data set stored on a local drive and copying the second data to a different local drive to protect the data set from further drive failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Morgan Mears, Samuel Fink, Kyle Grygo