Patents by Inventor Phil Hord

Phil Hord 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).

  • Automatic load rebalancing of a write group
    Patent number: 11093146
    Abstract: A method of automatic load rebalancing includes determining that a new storage device was added to a storage array comprising a plurality of storage devices, wherein the new storage device is distinct from the plurality of storage devices. The method further includes, in response to the determining, identifying a first shard on a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the first storage device has a fullness metric that is equal to or exceeds a fullness threshold. The method further includes moving, by a processing device of a storage array controller of the storage array, the first shard from the first storage device to the new storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Karr, Peter E. Kirkpatrick, Andrew R. Bernat, Tsu-Hao Chang, Phil Hord, Benjamin Scholbrock, Radek Aster
  • AUTOMATIC LOAD REBALANCING OF A WRITE GROUP
    Publication number: 20190065093
    Abstract: A method of automatic load rebalancing includes determining that a new storage device was added to a storage array comprising a plurality of storage devices, wherein the new storage device is distinct from the plurality of storage devices. The method further includes, in response to the determining, identifying a first shard on a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the first storage device has a fullness metric that is equal to or exceeds a fullness threshold. The method further includes moving, by a processing device of a storage array controller of the storage array, the first shard from the first storage device to the new storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald Karr, Peter E. Kirkpatrick, Andrew R. Bernat, Tsu-Hao Chang, Phil Hord, Benjamin Scholbrock, Radek Aster