Patents by Inventor Mahanteshwar C M

Mahanteshwar C M 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).

  • Using The LUN Type For Storage Allocation
    Publication number: 20090164536
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus uses a LUN (logical unit number) data type for storage allocation. The apparatus includes a storage appliance that specifies a LUN data type for a LUN. The storage appliance then allocates data blocks in the LUN based on the LUN data type. The storage appliance allocates data blocks in the LUN as contiguous data blocks or as non-contiguous data blocks, based on the LUN data type. The LUN data type may be, for example, database data type, user data type, or binary data type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: Rupesh Nasre, Mahanteshwar C M