Patents by Inventor Thorsten Altmannsberger

Thorsten Altmannsberger 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).

  • Dynamically changing copy policy
    Patent number: 10353791
    Abstract: An approach for dynamically changing a copy policy associated with a cluster grid for tape storage virtualization which involves monitoring one or more statuses of a plurality of clusters associated with the cluster grid, wherein the one or more of the plurality of clusters are assigned one of a plurality of copy modes, detecting that at least one of the plurality of clusters, having a highest priority copy mode associated with the cluster grid, is unavailable, selecting an available second cluster of the plurality of clusters and changing the copy policy wherein the available second cluster is assigned the highest priority copy mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thorsten Altmannsberger, Katja I. Denefleh, Katsuyoshi Katori, Sosuke Matsui
  • DYNAMICALLY CHANGING COPY POLICY
    Publication number: 20170371569
    Abstract: An approach for dynamically changing a copy policy associated with a cluster grid for tape storage virtualization which involves monitoring one or more statuses of a plurality of clusters associated with the cluster grid, wherein the one or more of the plurality of clusters are assigned one of a plurality of copy modes, detecting that at least one of the plurality of clusters, having a highest priority copy mode associated with the cluster grid, is unavailable, selecting an available second cluster of the plurality of clusters and changing the copy policy wherein the available second cluster is assigned the highest priority copy mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Thorsten Altmannsberger, Katja I. Denefleh, Katsuyoshi Katori, Sosuke Matsui