Patents by Inventor Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri

Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri 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).

  • LAYOUT OF MIRRORED DATABASES ACROSS DIFFERENT SERVERS FOR FAILOVER
    Publication number: 20130124916
    Abstract: A plurality of data centers each having a plurality of servers. When there is a failure on a data center, the load for the failed portion of the data center is distributed over all the remaining servers locally, or remotely, based on the magnitude of the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Shutt, Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri, Chris Shoring, Daniel Lorenc, William P. Munns, Matios Bedrosian, Chandra Akkiraju, Hao Sun
  • System, method and computer program product to automatically select target volumes for a fast copy to optimize performance and availability
    Patent number: 7146474
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in response to detecting that a fast copy function has been invoked, automatically selecting at least one target volume for writing fast copy-related data, where the at least one target volume is selected for optimizing fast copy performance, and writing the fast copy data to the selected at least one target volume. Also disclosed is a data processing system having circuitry that operates in accordance with the method, as well as a computer program product, embodied on a computer readable media, that implements the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lu Nguyen, Mark James Seaman, Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri
  • System, method and computer program product to automatically select target volumes for a fast copy to optimize performance and availability
    Publication number: 20040181641
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes, in response to detecting that a fast copy function has been invoked, automatically selecting at least one target volume for writing fast copy-related data, where the at least one target volume is selected for optimizing fast copy performance, and writing the fast copy data to the selected at least one target volume. Also disclosed is a data processing system having circuitry that operates in accordance with the method, as well as a computer program product, embodied on a computer readable media, that implements the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lu Nguyen, Mark James Seaman, Syed Mohammad Amir Ali Jafri