Patents by Inventor Todd Derr

Todd Derr 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 performing distributed consistency verification of a clustered file system
    Patent number: 8301673
    Abstract: A system and method for performing a distributed consistency check of a clustered file system. File system functions for loading an inode and/or buffer tree are modified so that in response to either of these functions being invoked, a consistency check is performed. The consistency check verifies both local consistency on a node of the clustered file and a distributed check across the nodes of the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Jr., Todd Derr, John K. Edwards
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED CONSISTENCY VERIFICATION OF A CLUSTERED FILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080189343
    Abstract: A system and method for performing a distributed consistency check of a clustered file system. File system functions for loading an inode and/or buffer tree are modified so that in response to either of these functions being invoked, a consistency check is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Wyckoff Hyer, Todd Derr, John K. Edwards