Patents by Inventor Neena Annie Cherian

Neena Annie Cherian 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).

  • Patent number: 6260113
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for defining a random miss list and producing a desired hit ratio in a benchmark test of computer disk storage are disclosed. The disk area to be tested is divided into N tracks. A random miss list of L tracks is defined as specified by the invention. The tracks in the miss list are subdivided into groups, with each group having G tracks. Each one of a plurality of concurrent processes is assigned a different group of G tracks from the miss list. A pointer for each process is initialized to point to the first track in the corresponding group of G tracks. A plurality of input/output (I/O) operations are performed for each process, with each I/O operation being performed on the track pointed to by the pointer for the corresponding process. For each process, prior to each I/O operation that is performed after the first I/O operation, a random decision is made whether or not to increment the pointer belonging to the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Neena Annie Cherian, Bruce McNutt