Patents by Inventor Peter M. Morrissette

Peter M. Morrissette 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 storage and deployment of virtual machines in a virtual server environment
    Patent number: 9563469
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storage and deployment of VMs in a virtual server environment. A VM deployment module executing on a server may produce VM container objects representing VMs, a VM container object comprising VM data describing a VM and vdisk configuration data. The VM deployment module may also later produce VMs on a server using the VM container objects. The VM deployment module may do so by producing a vdisk from a VM container object, the vdisk comprising the VM and vdisk configuration data. Rather than configuring the vdisk as typically done to make the vdisk useable to the server, the vdisk configuration data is used to make the vdisk useable and the VM data on the vdisk immediately accessible to the server. As such, the VM data may be immediately read to produce a VM on the server, thus providing rapid deployment of VMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur F. Lent, Peter M. Morrissette, Timothy J. Clayton-Luce
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE AND DEPLOYMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A VIRTUAL SERVER ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150339157
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storage and deployment of VMs in a virtual server environment. A VM deployment module executing on a server may produce VM container objects representing VMs, a VM container object comprising VM data describing a VM and vdisk configuration data. The VM deployment module may also later produce VMs on a server using the VM container objects. The VM deployment module may do so by producing a vdisk from a VM container object, the vdisk comprising the VM and vdisk configuration data. Rather than configuring the vdisk as typically done to make the vdisk useable to the server, the vdisk configuration data is used to make the vdisk useable and the VM data on the vdisk immediately accessible to the server. As such, the VM data may be immediately read to produce a VM on the server, thus providing rapid deployment of VMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur F. Lent, Peter M. Morrissette, Timothy J. Clayton-Luce
  • System and method for storage and deployment of virtual machines in a virtual server environment
    Patent number: 8943203
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for storage and deployment of VMs in a virtual server environment. A VM deployment module executing on a server may produce VM container objects representing VMs, a VM container object comprising VM data describing a VM and vdisk configuration data. The VM deployment module may also later produce VMs on a server using the VM container objects. The VM deployment module may do so by producing a vdisk from a VM container object, the vdisk comprising the VM and vdisk configuration data. Rather than configuring the vdisk as typically done to make the vdisk useable to the server, the vdisk configuration data is used to make the vdisk useable and the VM data on the vdisk immediately accessible to the server. As such, the VM data may be immediately read to produce a VM on the server, thus providing rapid deployment of VMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur F. Lent, Peter M. Morrissette, Timothy J. Clayton-Luce