Abstract: The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III

Abstract: A network-attached system, device, and method supports multiple storage tiers. Data may be migrated between storage tiers, for example, based on a data migration policy.

Abstract: A filesystem-aware storage system locates and analyzes host filesystem data structures in order to determine storage usage of the host filesystem. To this end, the storage system might locate an operating system partition, parse the operating system partion to locate its data structures, and parse the operating system data structures to locate the host filesystem data structures. The storage system manages data storage based on the storage usage of the host file system. The storage system can use the storage usage information to identify storage areas that are no longer being used by the host filesystem and reclaim those areas for additional data storage capacity. Also, the storage system can identify the types of data stored by the host filesystem and manage data storage based on the data types, such as selecting a storage layout and/or an encoding scheme for the data based on the data type.

Abstract: A technique for stabilizing a boat in open water against a stationary structure is disclosed. The boat has a fender at one end comprising a resilient material, and the boat is urged against the structure to engage the resilient material with the structure. The frictional engagement in combination with the urging force is sufficient to prevent the engaged fender from slipping down the structure. In this way so long as the engagement is sustained, the boat is stabilized against the structure.