Patents by Inventor Ritesh Shukla

Ritesh Shukla 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: 10860560
    Abstract: User data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. Similarly, metadata of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object, and log data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. As a result, the number of different storage objects that are managed for snapshots do not increase proportionally with the number of snapshots taken. In addition, any one of the multitude of persistent storage back-ends can be selected as the storage back-end for the storage objects according to user preference, system requirement, snapshot policy, or any other criteria. Another advantage is that the storage location of the read data can be obtained with a single read of the metadata storage object, instead of traversing metadata files of multiple snapshots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Rawat, Ritesh Shukla, Li Ding, Serge Pashenkov, Raveesh Ahuja
  • Patent number: 10262016
    Abstract: Techniques for tuning the key space of an instance of a tree data structure are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive a request to create the instance, where the request includes an expected key space value indicating an expected range of key values to be addressed by the instance. The computer system can further calculate a number of bits to allocate to each key of each node of the instance based on the expected key space value. The computer system can then, at a time of instantiating each node of the instance, allocate the keys for the node in accordance with the calculated number of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ritesh Shukla, Serge Pashenkov, Li Ding, Bret Needle, Mayank Rawat
  • Patent number: 10067966
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically allocating keys in an instance of a tree data structure are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can, at a time of instantiating each non-root node in the instance, determine a key space to be addressed by the non-root node, where the key space is based on a key subinterval in a parent node of the non-root node that is associated with a pointer to the non-root node. The computer system can further calculate a number of bits to allocate to each key of the non-root node in view of the determined key space. The computer system can then allocate the keys of the non-root node in accordance with the calculated number of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Serge Pashenkov, Ritesh Shukla, Li Ding, Bret Needle, Mayank Rawat
  • Publication number: 20180150492
    Abstract: User data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. Similarly, metadata of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object, and log data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. As a result, the number of different storage objects that are managed for snapshots do not increase proportionally with the number of snapshots taken. In addition, any one of the multitude of persistent storage back-ends can be selected as the storage back-end for the storage objects according to user preference, system requirement, snapshot policy, or any other criteria. Another advantage is that the storage location of the read data can be obtained with a single read of the metadata storage object, instead of traversing metadata files of multiple snapshots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Mayank RAWAT, Ritesh SHUKLA, Li DING, Serge PASHENKOV, Raveesh AHUJA
  • Patent number: 9881040
    Abstract: User data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. Similarly, metadata of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object, and log data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. As a result, the number of different storage objects that are managed for snapshots do not increase proportionally with the number of snapshots taken. In addition, any one of the multitude of persistent storage back-ends can be selected as the storage back-end for the storage objects according to user preference, system requirement, snapshot policy, or any other criteria. Another advantage is that the storage location of the read data can be obtained with a single read of the metadata storage object, instead of traversing metadata files of multiple snapshots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Rawat, Ritesh Shukla, Li Ding, Serge Pashenkov, Raveesh Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20170091241
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically allocating keys in an instance of a tree data structure are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can, at a time of instantiating each non-root node in the instance, determine a key space to be addressed by the non-root node, where the key space is based on a key subinterval in a parent node of the non-root node that is associated with a pointer to the non-root node. The computer system can further calculate a number of bits to allocate to each key of the non-root node in view of the determined key space. The computer system can then allocate the keys of the non-root node in accordance with the calculated number of bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Serge Pashenkov, Ritesh Shukla, Li Ding, Bret Needle, Mayank Rawat
  • Publication number: 20170091242
    Abstract: Techniques for tuning the key space of an instance of a tree data structure are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive a request to create the instance, where the request includes an expected key space value indicating an expected range of key values to be addressed by the instance. The computer system can further calculate a number of bits to allocate to each key of each node of the instance based on the expected key space value. The computer system can then, at a time of instantiating each node of the instance, allocate the keys for the node in accordance with the calculated number of bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ritesh Shukla, Serge Pashenkov, Li Ding, Bret Needle, Mayank Rawat
  • Publication number: 20170052717
    Abstract: User data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. Similarly, metadata of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object, and log data of different snapshots for the same virtual disk are stored in the same storage object. As a result, the number of different storage objects that are managed for snapshots do not increase proportionally with the number of snapshots taken. In addition, any one of the multitude of persistent storage back-ends can be selected as the storage back-end for the storage objects according to user preference, system requirement, snapshot policy, or any other criteria. Another advantage is that the storage location of the read data can be obtained with a single read of the metadata storage object, instead of traversing metadata files of multiple snapshots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Mayank RAWAT, Ritesh SHUKLA, Li DING, Serge PASHENKOV, Raveesh AHUJA
  • Patent number: 9367569
    Abstract: Locating a file object in a storage system includes determining at least one characteristic of the file object, obtaining a subset of nodes in the storage system by applying the at least one characteristic to criteria for storing file objects at particular ones of the nodes in the storage system, and examining the subset of nodes to determine if any contain the file object. A metadata location server may be used to obtain the subset of nodes. The criteria may include at least one policy relating to placement of objects corresponding to files at the time the files are created. The policies may relate to owners of the files. The characteristic information may include the owner of a target file corresponding to the file object, the date that the target file was created, a business organization associated with the target file, and/or the size of the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Ritesh Shukla, Rossen Dimitrov
  • Patent number: 8321487
    Abstract: Locating a file object in a storage system includes determining at least one characteristic of the file object, obtaining a subset of nodes in the storage system by applying the at least one characteristic to criteria for storing file objects at particular ones of the nodes in the storage system, and examining the subset of nodes to determine if any contain the file object. A metadata location server may be used to obtain the subset of nodes. The criteria may include at least one policy relating to placement of objects corresponding to files at the time the files are created. The policies may relate to owners of the files. The characteristic information may include the owner of a target file corresponding to the file object, the date that the target file was created, a business organization associated with the target file, and/or the size of the target file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Ritesh Shukla, Rossen Dimitrov
  • Patent number: 7769931
    Abstract: The capacity of a data storage management system may be increased with disclosed methods and systems. One method may increase the capacity of a data storage management system that polls a plurality of monitored elements in a data storage environment. The method includes creating a flag for a poll request and associating a first value for the flag with a first subset of the plurality of monitored elements. The method further includes interpreting a first poll request that includes the first value for the flag as directed to the first subset and interpreting a second poll request that does not include the first value for the flag as not directed to the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Angelone, Eric Duen, Karunaker Chinthapatla, Norman Kevin Elrod, Daniel F. Ozone, Vinh Herring Phan, Ritesh Shukla