Patents by Inventor Willy A. Vargas Solis

Willy A. Vargas Solis 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).

  • Storage area network reclamation for virtual environments
    Patent number: 10168910
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for reclaiming storage volumes in a storage area network (SAN). A method is disclosed that includes: monitoring each of a set containers implemented by a physical host, wherein each container holds a set of storage volumes that are mapped to a storage pool via a SAN switch; determining whether unused volumes in a selected container exceed an empty capacity threshold; in response to the empty capacity threshold being exceeded, determining whether an idle time threshold for the unused volumes has been exceeded with no I/O activity; and in response to the idle time threshold being exceeded with no I/O activity, separating the unused volumes from the selected container, un-mapping the unused volumes from the physical host, and returning the unused volumes to the storage pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Debora A. Lowry, Blanca R. Navarro Piedra, Jose D. Ramos Chaves, Willy A. Vargas Solis
  • STORAGE AREA NETWORK RECLAMATION FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180260131
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for reclaiming storage volumes in a storage area network (SAN). A method is disclosed that includes: monitoring each of a set containers implemented by a physical host, wherein each container holds a set of storage volumes that are mapped to a storage pool via a SAN switch; determining whether unused volumes in a selected container exceed an empty capacity threshold; in response to the empty capacity threshold being exceeded, determining whether an idle time threshold for the unused volumes has been exceeded with no I/O activity; and in response to the idle time threshold being exceeded with no I/O activity, separating the unused volumes from the selected container, un-mapping the unused volumes from the physical host, and returning the unused volumes to the storage pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Debora A. Lowry, Blanca R. Navarro Piedra, Jose D. Ramos Chaves, Willy A. Vargas Solis