Patents by Inventor Wayne E. Garrett

Wayne E. Garrett 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).

  • Patent number: 10013323
    Abstract: A technique is directed to providing resiliency to a redundant array of independent disk (RAID) group which includes multiple storage devices. The technique involves operating the RAID group in a normal state in which each storage device is (i) initially online to perform write and read operations and (ii) configured to go offline in response to a respective media error count for that storage device reaching an initial take-offline threshold. The technique further involves receiving a notification that a storage device of the RAID group has encountered a particular error situation. The technique further involves transitioning, in response to the notification, the RAID group to a high resiliency state in which each storage device that is operable is (i) still online to perform write and read operations and (ii) configured to stay online even when the respective media error count for that storage device reaches the initial take-offline threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter Puhov, Ronald D. Proulx, Wayne E. Garrett, Ashok Tamilarasan, Eric Petsching