Patents by Inventor Nicholas Graeme Williams

Nicholas Graeme Williams 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: 11567660
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system that includes a plurality of storage nodes and a plurality of storage volumes in a cloud computing environment. Metrics associated with each storage volume may be monitored. In response to the metrics exceeding a threshold value, performing further actions, including: determining storage volumes that are unhealthy based on the metrics that exceed the threshold value; updating metadata associated with the storage volumes to indicate that the storage volumes are unhealthy; decoupling the unhealthy storage volumes from storage nodes coupled to the unhealthy storage volumes; determining replacement storage volumes based on the metadata associated with the unhealthy storage volumes; updating other metadata associated with the replacement storage volumes to indicate that the replacement storage volumes are healthy storage volumes; and coupling the healthy storage volumes with the storage nodes that were coupled to the unhealthy storage volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Chmiel, Duncan Robert Fairbanks, Stephen Craig Fleischman, Daniel Marcos Motles, Nicholas Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20220300155
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system that includes a plurality of storage nodes and a plurality of storage volumes in a cloud computing environment. Metrics associated with each storage volume may be monitored. In response to the metrics exceeding a threshold value, performing further actions, including: determining storage volumes that are unhealthy based on the metrics that exceed the threshold value; updating metadata associated with the storage volumes to indicate that the storage volumes are unhealthy; decoupling the unhealthy storage volumes from storage nodes coupled to the unhealthy storage volumes; determining replacement storage volumes based on the metadata associated with the unhealthy storage volumes; updating other metadata associated with the replacement storage volumes to indicate that the replacement storage volumes are healthy storage volumes; and coupling the healthy storage volumes with the storage nodes that were coupled to the unhealthy storage volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Chmiel, Duncan Robert Fairbanks, Stephen Craig Fleischman, Daniel Marcos Motles, Nicholas Graeme Williams
  • Publication number: 20220300159
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system that includes storage nodes and storage volumes in a cloud computing environment (CCE). A backup job may be executed to perform further actions, including: providing a backup identifier that is associated with the backup job; determining the storage nodes based on the file system and the CCE; disabling the file system by disabling the storage nodes, wherein each disabled storage node is associated with a shutdown timestamp; determining storage volumes associated with each disabled storage node; and generating storage images that archive a copy of information from the storage volumes; associating the storage images with the backup identifier; confirming that the file system is consistent based on an absence of file system activity occurring subsequent to each shutdown timestamp; and enabling the file system by enabling the storage nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Chmiel, Duncan Robert Fairbanks, Stephen Craig Fleischman, Nicholas Graeme Williams
  • Patent number: 11435901
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system that includes storage nodes and storage volumes in a cloud computing environment (CCE). A backup job may be executed to perform further actions, including: providing a backup identifier that is associated with the backup job; determining the storage nodes based on the file system and the CCE; disabling the file system by disabling the storage nodes, wherein each disabled storage node is associated with a shutdown timestamp; determining storage volumes associated with each disabled storage node; and generating storage images that archive a copy of information from the storage volumes; associating the storage images with the backup identifier; confirming that the file system is consistent based on an absence of file system activity occurring subsequent to each shutdown timestamp; and enabling the file system by enabling the storage nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Chmiel, Duncan Robert Fairbanks, Stephen Craig Fleischman, Nicholas Graeme Williams
  • Patent number: 11132126
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system that includes storage nodes and storage volumes in a cloud computing environment (CCE). A backup job may be executed to perform further actions, including: providing a backup identifier that is associated with the backup job; determining the storage nodes based on the file system and the CCE; disabling the file system by disabling the storage nodes, wherein each disabled storage node is associated with a shutdown timestamp; determining storage volumes associated with each disabled storage node; and generating storage images that archive a copy of information from the storage volumes; associating the storage images with the backup identifier; confirming that the file system is consistent based on an absence of file system activity occurring subsequent to each shutdown timestamp; and enabling the file system by enabling the storage nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Chmiel, Duncan Robert Fairbanks, Stephen Craig Fleischman, Nicholas Graeme Williams