Patents by Inventor Steven R. Klinkner

Steven R. Klinkner 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).

  • System and method for pre-selecting candidate disks based on validity for volume
    Patent number: 6836832
    Abstract: A system and method for pre-selecting disks based on their characteristics for use with of a volume within a storage system such that only those disks that have suitable characteristics for the volume are selected. Characteristics of the volume and disks are obtained via a registry which accesses configuration data tables stored in the storage system. A program pre-selects those disks that qualify. The selected disks are then displayed to a user to enable the user to only have valid disks to choose from to perform, for example, a volume creation or volume expansion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven R. Klinkner