Patents by Inventor Wen Wu Na

Wen Wu Na 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: 11269745
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for a two-node storage system. The method includes one or more processors creating a plurality of first logic unit groups in a first storage node of a storage system. The method further includes mapping each of the plurality of first logic unit groups to a number of storage slices from different storage devices in the first storage node. The method further creating a plurality of second logic unit groups in a second storage node of the storage system, by mirroring storage slices from a storage device in the first storage node to multiple storage devices in the second storage node. In response to identifying a failure of a first storage device in the first storage node, the method further includes recovering lost data based on data in the second storage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Long Wen Lan, Wen Wu Na, Xiang Wen Liu, Xiao Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11150810
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for I/O data transmission in a Hyper-Converged Storage System (HCSS). The HCSS comprises at least one storage node having at least one device constructed with virtualization technology and a storage I/O processing module for accessing persistent storage resource of the HCSS. According to the method, an I/O request of a first type is received from the device by a System Disk front-end driver (SFD), wherein the I/O request of the first type is an I/O request to a system disk of the device. The I/O request of the first type and its corresponding response of a first type are transferred by the SFD between the device and the storage I/O processing module via a first shared memory, wherein the first shared memory is created by allocating a first memory region of the HCSS as the first shared memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Long Wen Lan, Jia Xiang Li, Yang Li, Zhuo Liu, Wen Wu Na
  • Publication number: 20210124658
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for a two-node storage system. The method includes one or more processors creating a plurality of first logic unit groups in a first storage node of a storage system. The method further includes mapping each of the plurality of first logic unit groups to a number of storage slices from different storage devices in the first storage node. The method further creating a plurality of second logic unit groups in a second storage node of the storage system, by mirroring storage slices from a storage device in the first storage node to multiple storage devices in the second storage node. In response to identifying a failure of a first storage device in the first storage node, the method further includes recovering lost data based on data in the second storage node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Long Wen Lan, Wen Wu Na, Xiang Wen Liu, Xiao Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 10877862
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing requests received by a storage system. The method may include detecting, by one or more processors, a failure in a first storage system in response to a request to access data in the first storage system. The first storage system may include a primary storage for storing the data. A second storage system may be activated in response to the detected failure. The second storage system may include a first storage and a second storage. The first storage may include data synchronized with the primary storage of the first storage system. The second storage may be used to store data that corresponds to the request. The request may be managed using the second storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Zhi Gao, Li Hui Guo, Long Wen Lan, Wen Wu Na, Yao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200167251
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and computer program product for managing requests received by a storage system. The method may include detecting, by one or more processors, a failure in a first storage system in response to a request to access data in the first storage system. The first storage system may include a primary storage for storing the data. A second storage system may be activated in response to the detected failure. The second storage system may include a first storage and a second storage. The first storage may include data synchronized with the primary storage of the first storage system. The second storage may be used to store data that corresponds to the request. The request may be managed using the second storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Zhi Gao, Li Hui Guo, Long Wen Lan, Wen Wu Na, Yao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190235764
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for I/O data transmission in a Hyper-Converged Storage System (HCSS). The HCSS comprises at least one storage node having at least one device constructed with virtualization technology and a storage I/O processing module for accessing persistent storage resource of the HCSS. According to the method, an I/O request of a first type is received from the device by a System Disk front-end driver (SFD), wherein the I/O request of the first type is an I/O request to a system disk of the device. The I/O request of the first type and its corresponding response of a first type are transferred by the SFD between the device and the storage I/O processing module via a first shared memory, wherein the first shared memory is created by allocating a first memory region of the HCSS as the first shared memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Long Wen Lan, Jia Xiang Li, Yang Li, Zhuo Liu, Wen Wu Na