Patents by Inventor Polina ABRAM

Polina ABRAM 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).

  • Prioritizing storage array management commands
    Patent number: 9509771
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, by a first computer in communication with a storage system, at least two priority levels for storage management commands to be processed by the storage system, and defining a respective queue for each of the defined priority levels. Upon receiving multiple storage management commands from one or more second computers in communication with the first computer and the storage system, a respective priority is determined for each of the received storage management commands, and the respective queue is identified for each of the received storage management commands based on the respective priority thereof. Each of the received storage management commands is loaded to the respective identified queue thereof, and the received storage management commands stored in the respective queues are processed by the storage system according to the priority levels thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Polina Abram, Daniel I. Goodman, Ran Harel
  • PRIORITIZING STORAGE ARRAY MANAGEMENT COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20150201018
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, by a first computer in communication with a storage system, at least two priority levels for storage management commands to be processed by the storage system, and defining a respective queue for each of the defined priority levels. Upon receiving multiple storage management commands from one or more second computers in communication with the first computer and the storage system, a respective priority is determined for each of the received storage management commands, and the respective queue is identified for each of the received storage management commands based on the respective priority thereof. Each of the received storage management commands is loaded to the respective identified queue thereof, and the received storage management commands stored in the respective queues are processed by the storage system according to the priority levels thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Polina ABRAM, Daniel I. GOODMAN, Ran HAREL