Patents by Inventor Robert S. Tracy

Robert S. Tracy 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).

  • Adaptive throttling for fiber channel disks
    Patent number: 6636909
    Abstract: According to the invention, systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for throttling commands to a storage device is disclosed. This method comprises sending a write request to a disk, receiving a queue full signal from the disk if the disk queue is full, and responsive to receiving the queue full signal setting a throttle value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kahn, Robert S. Tracy