Patents by Inventor Yu-Mei Hsiao

Yu-Mei Hsiao 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).

  • On-site reclamation of off-site copy storage volumes using multiple, parallel processes
    Publication number: 20060129508
    Abstract: An agent installed on a server reclaims one or more reclaimable off-site copy storage volumes and one or more reclaimable on-site copy storage volumes. To this end, the agent identifies each reclaimable off-site copy storage volume, runs a plurality of threads to collectively copy each data object of the identified reclaimable off-site copy storage volume(s) that is stored within one or more primary storage volumes to one or more one on-site target copy storage volumes, identifies each reclaimable on-site copy storage volume, and runs the plurality of threads to collectively transfer each data object of the identified reclaimable on-site copy storage volume(s) to the on-site copy target copy storage volume(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Cannon, Yu-Mei Hsiao, Howard Martin