Patents by Inventor Sudhir V.R. Koka

Sudhir V.R. Koka 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).

  • Controlling the placement of data in a storage system
    Patent number: 8930667
    Abstract: A method, computer readable storage medium and computer system for controlling the allocation of data to one of a plurality of storage units of a storage system, the method comprising: accessing a source storage unit comprising the data; gathering file system level (FS-level) metadata from the source storage unit; analyzing the gathered FS-level metadata for determining if the data should be moved to one of the other storage units, said other storage unit acting as a destination storage unit; and in case the data should be moved, displaying an indication of the destination storage unit and/or automatically moving the data to the determined destination storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Alatorre, Christian Bolik, Dietmar Noll, Laura Richardson, Aameek Singh, Sudhir V. R. Koka
  • Controlling the Placement of Data in a Storage System
    Publication number: 20130151804
    Abstract: A method, computer readable storage medium and computer system for controlling the allocation of data to one of a plurality of storage units of a storage system, the method comprising: accessing a source storage unit comprising the data; gathering file system level (FS-level) metadata from the source storage unit; analyzing the gathered FS-level metadata for determining if the data should be moved to one of the other storage units, said other storage unit acting as a destination storage unit; and in case the data should be moved, displaying an indication of the destination storage unit and/or automatically moving the data to the determined destination storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gabriel Alatorre, Christian Bolik, Dietmar Noll, Laura Richardson, Aameek Singh, Sudhir V.R. Koka