Patents by Inventor Paul A. Mikesell

Paul A. Mikesell 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing a distributed file system incorporating a virtual hot spare
    Publication number: 20060277432
    Abstract: The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed information about each file, including, for example, the device and block locations of the file's data blocks, to permit different levels of replication and/or redundancy within a single file system, to facilitate the change of redundancy parameters, to provide high-level protection for metadata, to replicate and move data in real-time, and to permit the creation of virtual hot spares among the smart storage units without the need to idle any single smart storage unit in the intelligent distributed file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Sujal Patel, Paul Mikesell, Darren Schack, Aaron Passey
  • Systems and methods for providing a distributed file system incorporating a virtual hot spare
    Patent number: 7146524
    Abstract: The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed information about each file, including, for example, the device and block locations of the file's data blocks, to permit different levels of replication and/or redundancy within a single file system, to facilitate the change of redundancy parameters, to provide high-level protection for metadata, to replicate and move data in real-time, and to permit the creation of virtual hot spares among the smart storage units without the need to idle any single smart storage unit in the intelligent distributed file system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Isilon Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sujal M. Patel, Paul A. Mikesell, Darren P. Schack, Aaron J. Passey
  • Systems and methods for restriping files in a distributed file system
    Publication number: 20040153479
    Abstract: Systems and methods for restriping files distributed among a set of smart storage units, wherein data blocks for a particular stripe do not typically need to be located at any particular location on the storage units, wherein data can be typically restriped among the smart storage units with minimal data movement, and wherein data is typically protected and recoverable even if a system failure occurs during the restriping process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Paul A. Mikesell, Rob Anderson, Aaron James Passey, Peter John Godman, Hassan F. Khan, Darren P. Schack
  • Systems and methods for providing a distributed file system incorporating a virtual hot spare
    Publication number: 20030135514
    Abstract: The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed information about each file, including, for example, the device and block locations of the file's data blocks, to permit different levels of replication and/or redundancy within a single file system, to facilitate the change of redundancy parameters, to provide high-level protection for metadata, to replicate and move data in real-time, and to permit the creation of virtual hot spares among the smart storage units without the need to idle any single smart storage unit in the intelligent distributed file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Sujal M. Patel, Paul A. Mikesell, Darren P. Schack, Aaron J. Passey
  • System and methods for providing a distributed file system utilizing metadata to track information about data stored throughout the system
    Publication number: 20030033308
    Abstract: The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed information about each file, including, for example, the device and block locations of the file's data blocks, to permit different levels of replication and/or redundancy within a single file system, to facilitate the change of redundancy parameters, to provide high-level protection for metadata, to replicate and move data in real-time, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Sujal M. Patel, Paul A. Mikesell