Patents by Inventor Zafrir E. Gan

Zafrir E. Gan 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).

  • System and method for storage area network management
    Patent number: 7506040
    Abstract: System and method for providing a common data model for SAN discovery and/or SAN monitoring information collected from heterogeneous SAN components. In one embodiment, a SAN management server may execute on a host computer and may translate data in one or more vendor-specific languages obtained from a heterogeneous vendor population into canonical data in a uniform language. In one embodiment, the SAN management server may execute a set of rules to convert heterogeneous SAN data obtained from heterogeneous interfaces into canonical data conforming to the common data model. In one embodiment, the canonical data may be stored in a persistent store, which may be queried for information that may be provided to the requester in the canonical form of the common data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce R. Rabe, Russell Thrasher, Zafrir E. Gan, Joseph Lopilato, Paul A. Scammell