Patents by Inventor Peter Logan Smoot

Peter Logan Smoot 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).

  • System and method for implementing a flexible storage manager with threshold control
    Patent number: 8260831
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing storage management with threshold control is provided. A flexible storage manager associates storage devices having a similar performance characteristic into logical constructs called storage groups. Storage groups having the same performance characteristic from a plurality of storage systems are organized into storage pools. The flexible storage manager automatically provisions storage on a storage pool basis. Should a low threshold utilization be exceeded, the flexible storage manager performs a set of management policies to lower the utilization of a storage pool to the low threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles Tyrrell, Konstantinos Roussos, Peter Logan Smoot