Patents by Inventor Nile Haustein

Nile Haustein 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).

  • Automatically identifying available storage components
    Patent number: 7921246
    Abstract: A method for automatically identifying available storage components within a storage system, which are appropriate for storing consumer data in compliance with specified service level objectives (SLOs), including discovering available storage components; identifying and assigning service levels provided by each available storage component, wherein identifying and assigning service levels provided by each available storage component, includes classifying the available storage components based on their type of technology, and determining the SLO relevant capabilities of the available storage components; and storing resultant mapping of service levels to available storage components in a metadata repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Bolik, Nile Haustein, Einar El Lueck, Dietmar Noll
  • AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE STORAGE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20090313395
    Abstract: A method for automatically identifying available storage components within a storage system, which are appropriate for storing consumer data in compliance with specified service level objectives (SLOs), including discovering available storage components; identifying and assigning service levels provided by each available storage component, wherein identifying and assigning service levels provided by each available storage component, includes classifying the available storage components based on their type of technology, and determining the SLO relevant capabilities of the available storage components; and storing resultant mapping of service levels to available storage components in a metadata repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Bolik, Nile Haustein, Einar EL Lueck, Dietmar Noll