Patents by Inventor Paolo F. Roberti

Paolo F. Roberti 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).

  • Method and system for improving the performance of a processing system
    Patent number: 6915378
    Abstract: A method and system for improving the performance of a processing system is disclosed. The processing system comprises a plurality of host computers, at least one control unit (CU) coupled to the host computer. The control unit comprises a cache and disk array coupled to the CU. The method and system comprises querying an operating system of at least one host computer to determine the storage medium that contains an object to be cached and providing the data in the portion of the disk array to be cached. The method and system further comprises providing a channel command sequence and sending the channel command sequence to the CU via an I/O operation at predetermined time intervals until the object is deactivated. A method and system in accordance with the present invention instructs a control unit (CU) or a storage medium to keep some objects constantly in its cache, so as to improve the overall response time of transaction systems running on one or more host computer and accessing data on disk via the CU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignees: Hypernova Technologies, Inc., RSI Corporation
    Inventor: Paolo F. Roberti
  • Method and system for improving the performance of a processing system
    Publication number: 20040215876
    Abstract: A method and system for improving the performance of a processing system is disclosed. The processing system comprises a plurality of host computers, at least one control unit (CU) coupled to the host computer. The control unit comprises a cache and disk array coupled to the CU. The method and system comprises querying an operating system of at least one host computer to determine the storage medium that contains an object to be cached and providing the data in the portion of the disk array to be cached. The method and system further comprises providing a channel command sequence and sending the channel command sequence to the CU via an I/O operation at predetermined time intervals until the object is deactivated. A method and system in accordance with the present invention instructs a control unit (CU) or a storage medium to keep some objects constantly in its cache, so as to improve the overall response time of transaction systems running on one or more host computer and accessing data on disk via the CU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Paolo F. Roberti