Patents by Inventor Nolan Rogers

Nolan Rogers 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).

  • Managing storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations
    Patent number: 10394463
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of managing a plurality of storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations. An average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time is calculated. For each one of the plurality of storage devices an estimated date when a finite number of operations will be reached is calculated. For each date, a variable related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date is set. For one or more variables having a value larger than average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time, an action is carried out to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Jonathan M. Parkes, Nolan Rogers, Bruce J. Smith
  • MANAGING STORAGE DEVICES HAVING A LIFETIME OF A FINITE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20170255400
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of managing a plurality of storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations. An average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time is calculated. For each one of the plurality of storage devices an estimated date when a finite number of operations will be reached is calculated. For each date, a variable related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date is set. For one or more variables having a value larger than average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time, an action is carried out to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Jonathan M. Parkes, Nolan Rogers, Bruce J. Smith
  • Managing storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations
    Patent number: 9710175
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of managing a plurality of storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations. An average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time is calculated. For each one of the plurality of storage devices an estimated date when a finite number of operations will be reached is calculated. For each date, a variable related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date is set. For one or more variables having a value larger than a value calculated using the date and said average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime within the predetermined period of said first unit of time, an action is carried out to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Jonathan M. Parkes, Nolan Rogers, Bruce J. Smith
  • MANAGING STORAGE DEVICES HAVING A LIFETIME OF A FINITE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20160085459
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of managing a plurality of storage devices having a lifetime of a finite number of operations. An average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime of a finite number of operations per first unit time is calculated. For each one of the plurality of storage devices an estimated date when a finite number of operations will be reached is calculated. For each date, a variable related to the number of storage devices reaching said finite number of operations within a predetermined period of said date is set. For one or more variables having a value larger than a value calculated using the date and said average number of storage devices reaching said lifetime within the predetermined period of said first unit of time, an action is carried out to reduce the number of storage devices reaching said lifetime per first unit of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Jonathan M. Parkes, Nolan Rogers, Bruce J. Smith