Patents by Inventor Noel Christopher Melville

Noel Christopher Melville 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).

  • Coherent device to device data replication
    Patent number: 7734591
    Abstract: An apparatus provides coherent data copying operations where data replication is controlled by a source storage controller directly to a destination controller and managed by a remote application. The apparatus generates a snapshot version for each source data block changed by one or more write operations to the source data block during the course of a copy operation; and copies each block of the source data to a corresponding block in the destination data in the absence of the snapshot version of the block and otherwise copying the snapshot version of the source data block to the corresponding block in the destination data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Christina Woody Mercier, William Tracy Fuller, Donald Edward Banks, Thomas Alan Rinehart, Bang Chang, Noel Christopher Melville
  • Automated creation of application data paths in storage area networks
    Patent number: 7343410
    Abstract: A DataPath Engine coupled to a SAN provides automated storage provisioning between an application on a Storage Area Network (SAN) attached server and a data volume on a SAN attached storage subsystem. The apparatus provides a simple user interface that allows operators to use pre-created policies for criteria to select data paths that meet organizations uptime and performance requirements. The apparatus uses pathing methodologies to select the optimal data path from the candidates by rating SAN state, uptime, performance, and other key factors. This apparatus allows an enterprise to more efficiently and effectively manage and monitor large, complex, distributed SANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Finisar Corporation
    Inventors: Christina Woody Mercier, Noel Christopher Melville, Michael Carver Rieseberg, Nabin Acharya, Truls Solheim Myklebust
  • Automated creation of application data paths in storage area networks
    Publication number: 20030005119
    Abstract: A DataPath Engine coupled to a SAN provides automated storage provisioning between an application on a Storage Area Network (SAN) attached server and a data volume on a SAN attached storage subsystem. The apparatus provides a simple user interface that allows operators to use pre-created policies for criteria to select data paths that meet organizations uptime and performance requirements. The apparatus uses pathing methodologies to select the optimal data path from the candidates by rating SAN state, uptime, performance, and other key factors. This apparatus allows an enterprise to more efficiently and effectively manage and monitor large, complex, distributed SANs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: InterSAN, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Christina Woody Mercier, Noel Christopher Melville, Michael Carver Rieseberg, Nabin Acharya, Truls Solheim Myklebust