Patents by Inventor Piers Yu

Piers Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 12174711
    Abstract: Technique for determining a data recovery duration involve determining a plurality of phases of data recovery. Such techniques further involve determining, based on a metadata metric set of a phase in the plurality of phases, a recovery duration of the phase, the recovery duration of the phase representing a duration required for recovery of the phase. Such techniques further involve determining the data recovery duration based on the recovery duration of the phase. Accordingly, a data recovery duration can be accurately predicted, and a user can know in advance how long data unavailability will last, which helps the user make a decision to schedule the data recovery in an appropriate time period, thereby being more effective and efficient for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yina Huang, Sean Liu, Piers Yu, Yunfei Chen, Jianhua Shao
  • Publication number: 20240241797
    Abstract: Technique for determining a data recovery duration involve determining a plurality of phases of data recovery. Such techniques further involve determining, based on a metadata metric set of a phase in the plurality of phases, a recovery duration of the phase, the recovery duration of the phase representing a duration required for recovery of the phase. Such techniques further involve determining the data recovery duration based on the recovery duration of the phase. Accordingly, a data recovery duration can be accurately predicted, and a user can know in advance how long data unavailability will last, which helps the user make a decision to schedule the data recovery in an appropriate time period, thereby being more effective and efficient for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yina Huang, Sean Liu, Piers Yu, Yunfei Chen, Jianhua Shao
  • Patent number: 10936231
    Abstract: In response to detecting that at least one snapshot group identifier has been allocated that has a maximum snapshot group identifier value, snapshot group identifiers are allocated to each newly created snapshot group by finding a previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused, and allocating the previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused to the newly created snapshot group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Piers Yu, William C. Davenport
  • Publication number: 20200333973
    Abstract: In response to detecting that at least one snapshot group identifier has been allocated that has a maximum snapshot group identifier value, snapshot group identifiers are allocated to each newly created snapshot group by finding a previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused, and allocating the previously allocated snapshot group identifier that is currently unused to the newly created snapshot group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Piers Yu, William C. Davenport
  • Patent number: 10613787
    Abstract: Techniques for improving storage efficiency of a data storage system are provided. The techniques include (a) performing a testing operation to evaluate whether a test condition is satisfied for a filesystem having a plurality of subspaces, each subspace being provisioned with a respective amount of storage, each subspace of the filesystem being dedicated to storing different respective types of filesystem content, wherein the test condition indicates that a first subspace has available space in excess of a threshold percentage, (b) in response to determining that the test condition is satisfied for the filesystem, performing a reduction operation on the first subspace to remove a portion of storage provisioned to that subspace while retaining the removed portion for use by the filesystem, and (c) upon a second subspace reaching a fullness threshold, provisioning the removed portion to the second subspace and storing content of the respective type of the second subspace thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Piers Yu, Banghui Luo, Ruiling Dou, Ahsan Rashid, Jun Liu, Xianlong Liu, Walter C. Forrester
  • Publication number: 20190235782
    Abstract: Techniques for improving storage efficiency of a data storage system are provided. The techniques include (a) performing a testing operation to evaluate whether a test condition is satisfied for a filesystem having a plurality of subspaces, each subspace being provisioned with a respective amount of storage, each subspace of the filesystem being dedicated to storing different respective types of filesystem content, wherein the test condition indicates that a first subspace has available space in excess of a threshold percentage, (b) in response to determining that the test condition is satisfied for the filesystem, performing a reduction operation on the first subspace to remove a portion of storage provisioned to that subspace while retaining the removed portion for use by the filesystem, and (c) upon a second subspace reaching a fullness threshold, provisioning the removed portion to the second subspace and storing content of the respective type of the second subspace thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Piers Yu, Banghui Luo, Ruiling Dou, Ahsan Rashid, Jun Liu, Xianlong Liu, Walter C. Forrester