Patents by Inventor Maureen A. Lally

Maureen A. Lally 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).

  • System and method for determining configuration of one or more data storage systems
    Patent number: 7640342
    Abstract: This invention is a system and method for configuring a data storage system based on workload, response time, or utilization requirements. The method includes the steps of receiving workload, utilization or response time data, analyzing the respective received data, determining a configuration for a data storage system which may be available in report form to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Aharoni, Amnon Naamad, Sachin More, Kenneth Goguen, Xiaoyan Wei, Maureen Lally, Dimitar Petkov Gueorguiev
  • Output performance trends of a mass storage system
    Patent number: 7171338
    Abstract: A method for measuring mass storage system performance in which the mass storage system has a plurality of disk drive storage elements controlled by a disk drive controller, the controller typically having a cache memory, and the controller receiving commands and data from and returning at least data to a plurality of host computers, provides the flexibility of issuing commands to the controller in a variety of different configurations from a plurality of hosts in a time synchronized and organized fashion. Some significant data reduction techniques control and organize the data for later analysis according to the invention. Effective presentation of collected data can be effected using a novel trends analysis presentation approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Goguen, Maureen A. Lally, John N. Lefferts, Paul F. Hale
  • Post test data processing of a mass storage system
    Patent number: 6865514
    Abstract: A method for measuring mass storage system performance in which the mass storage system has a plurality of disk drive storage elements controlled by a disk drive controller, the controller typically having a cache memory, and the controller receiving commands and data from and returning at least data to a plurality of host computers, provides the flexibility of issuing commands to the controller in a variety of different configurations from a plurality of hosts in a time synchronized and organized fashion. Some significant post processing techniques for validation and correction of the data are enabled according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Goguen, Maureen A. Lally, Peter C. Lauterbach, Paul F. Hale
  • Graphical user input interface for testing performance of a mass storage system
    Patent number: 6845344
    Abstract: A method for measuring mass storage system performance in which the mass storage system has a plurality of disk drive storage elements controlled by a disk drive controller, the controller typically having a cache memory, and the controller receiving commands and data from and returning at least data to a plurality of host computers, provides the flexibility of issuing commands to the controller in a variety of different configurations from a plurality of hosts in a time synchronized and organized fashion. Some significant data reduction techniques control and organize the data for later analysis according to the invention. Time delays and different configurations of both host and storage elements can be effected easily using a novel graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Maureen A. Lally, Kenneth R. Goguen, Peter C. Lauterbach