Patents by Inventor Scott Dawkins

Scott Dawkins 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY CAPTURING WORKLOADS AT A LIVE NETWORK FOR REPLAYING AT A TEST NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140237115
    Abstract: Methods and system for securely capturing workloads at a live network for replaying at a test network. The disclosed system captures file system states and workloads of a live server at the live network. In one embodiment the captured data is anonymized to protect confidentiality of the data. A file system of a test server at the test network is mirrored from a captured state of the live server. An anonymized version of the captured workloads is replayed as a request to the test server. A lost or incomplete command is recreated from the states of the live server. An order of the commands during replay can be based on an order in the captured workload, or based on a causal relationship. Performance characteristics of the live network are determined based on the response to the replayed command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Shravan Gaonkar, Shankar Pasupathy, Kiran Srinivasan, Prashanth Radhakrishnan, Garth Goodson, Scott Dawkins
  • Method and system for securely capturing workloads at a live network for replaying at a test network
    Patent number: 8751450
    Abstract: Methods and system for securely capturing workloads at a live network for replaying at a test network. The disclosed system captures file system states and workloads of a live server at the live network. In one embodiment the captured data is anonymized to protect confidentiality of the data. A file system of a test server at the test network is mirrored from a captured state of the live server. An anonymized version of the captured workloads is replayed as a request to the test server. A lost or incomplete command is recreated from the states of the live server. An order of the commands during replay can be based on an order in the captured workload, or based on a causal relationship. Performance characteristics of the live network are determined based on the response to the replayed command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Shravan Gaonkar, Shankar Pasupathy, Kiran Srinivasan, Prashanth Radhakrishnan, Garth Goodson, Scott Dawkins