Patents by Inventor Yongmin Chen

Yongmin Chen 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).

  • N+1 failover and resynchronization of data storage appliances
    Patent number: 8122284
    Abstract: Reciprocal data storage protection is combined with “N+1” hardware provisioning and on-demand resynchronization to guarantee full data availability without impairing performance. Pairs of nodes are identified that act as backups for each other, where each node stores a secondary copy of data allocated to its reciprocal, paired node. A single extra node is brought online to take over the role of a failed node and assumes the role of the primary node it replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventors: Tracy M. Taylor, Craig Leckband, Yongmin Chen
  • N+1 FAILOVER AND RESYNCHRONIZATION OF DATA STORAGE APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20110060940
    Abstract: Reciprocal data storage protection is combined with “N+1” hardware provisioning and on-demand resynchronization to guarantee full data availability without impairing performance. Pairs of nodes are identified that act as backups for each other, where each node stores a secondary copy of data allocated to its reciprocal, paired node. A single extra node is brought online to take over the role of a failed node and assumes the role of the primary node it replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Tracy M. Taylor, Craig Leckband, Yongmin Chen
  • Network-attached storage devices
    Publication number: 20080288498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing data within a networked computer environment including application servers and a plurality of storage devices utilize a collection of service modules, each separately addressable from and in communication with the application servers and the storage devices and providing system-wide services to the application servers and the storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Foster D. Hinshaw, John Chiu, Alan Potter, Timothy J. Bingham, Yongmin Chen, Craig S. Harris