Patents by Inventor Sandeep Bangur

Sandeep Bangur 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).

  • Fast provisioning of storage blocks in thin provisioned volumes for supporting large numbers of short-lived applications
    Patent number: 10983820
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for storage for a container and determining whether a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists based on criteria in the request. In response to determining that a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists, the method includes selecting an unused portion of the thin provisioned volume and creating a container volume in the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume. The method also includes permitting input/output (I/O) to the container volume and releasing the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume in response to determining the container volume is no longer needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep Bangur, Pankaj Deshpande, Aakanksha Mathur, Pradip Waykos
  • FAST PROVISIONING OF STORAGE BLOCKS IN THIN PROVISIONED VOLUMES FOR SUPPORTING LARGE NUMBERS OF SHORT-LIVED APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200285497
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for storage for a container and determining whether a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists based on criteria in the request. In response to determining that a suitable thin provisioned volume currently exists, the method includes selecting an unused portion of the thin provisioned volume and creating a container volume in the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume. The method also includes permitting input/output (I/O) to the container volume and releasing the selected unused portion of the thin provisioned volume in response to determining the container volume is no longer needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Sandeep Bangur, Pankaj Deshpande, Aakanksha Mathur, Pradip Waykos