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  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INLINE DEDUPLICATION USING ERASURE CODING TO MINIMIZE READ AND WRITE OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20200241782
    Abstract: A method for storing data includes obtaining data, applying an erasure coding procedure to the data to obtain a plurality of data chunks and a parity chunk, deduplicating the plurality of data chunks to obtain a plurality of deduplicated data chunks, storing, across a plurality of nodes, the plurality of deduplicated data chunks and the parity chunk, and tracking location information for each of the plurality of deduplicated data chunks and the parity chunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AUTO-GENERATION OF UP-TO-DATE DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONS GUIDANCE FOR SOLUTIONS
    Publication number: 20190333018
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamic auto-generation of up-to-date deployment and operations guidance for solutions. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail providing guidance tailored to a combination of components and/or subcomponents constituting a specific solution infrastructure. Further, the guidance accounts for deployment and operations cycle (DOC) stages, as well as configuration dependencies, when sequencing configuration steps relevant to the specific solution infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A SPARE FAULT DOMAIN IN A MULTI-FAULT DOMAIN DATA CLUSTER
    Publication number: 20210279152
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for managing data. The method includes detecting a fault domain failure in a fault domain of a plurality of fault domains, and in response to the detecting, initiating a rebuilding of data in a spare fault domain of using checkpoint metadata and slice metadata, wherein the data is a copy of data that was stored in the fault domain and wherein the spare fault domain is not one of the plurality of fault domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • Method and system for data placement in a linked node system
    Patent number: 11604771
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to storing data and managing the stored data in linked nodes. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to nodes linked together in a daisy chain configuration such as, but not limited to, a single-chain configuration and a dual-chain configuration, which use data protection domain (DPD) information to determine where and/or how to store the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Arvind Ramakrishnan Palamadai, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • Method and system for performing a proactive copy operation for a spare persistent storage
    Patent number: 11119858
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for managing data. The method includes detecting a failure of a persistent storage device of a plurality of persistent storage devices, and in response to the detecting, initiating a rebuilding of data in a spare persistent storage device using proactive copy metadata, checkpoint metadata, and slice metadata, wherein the data is a copy of data that was stored in the persistent storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Ravikanth Chaganti, Rizwan Ali
  • Method and system for replica placement in a linked node system
    Patent number: 11481293
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to storing data and managing the stored data in linked nodes. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to nodes linked together in a daisy chain configuration such as, but not limited to, a single-chain configuration and a dual-chain configuration, which use data protection domain (DPD) information to determine where and/or how to store the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Arvind Ramakrishnan Palamadai, Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • OUTCOME-BASED COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20230275925
    Abstract: A method and system for outcome-based compliance and security configurations for IT environments. Existing solutions directed to implementing multi-tier configurations on bare-metal IT infrastructure tend to require specialized tools and skills on a tier-by-tier basis. A more unified approach, where a single or singleton configuration that defines and implements the desired state (or outcome) of one or more tiers, is sought and thus proposed. Within this disclosure, implementation of security and regulatory compliance policies, is emphasized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali
  • Method and system for inline deduplication using erasure coding to minimize read and write operations
    Patent number: 11442642
    Abstract: A method for storing data includes obtaining data, applying an erasure coding procedure to the data to obtain a plurality of data chunks and a parity chunk, deduplicating the plurality of data chunks to obtain a plurality of deduplicated data chunks, storing, across a plurality of nodes, the plurality of deduplicated data chunks and the parity chunk, and tracking location information for each of the plurality of deduplicated data chunks and the parity chunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • Method and system for dynamic auto-generation of up-to-date deployment and operations guidance for solutions
    Patent number: 11126964
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamic auto-generation of up-to-date deployment and operations guidance for solutions. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail providing guidance tailored to a combination of components and/or subcomponents constituting a specific solution infrastructure. Further, the guidance accounts for deployment and operations cycle (DOC) stages, as well as configuration dependencies, when sequencing configuration steps relevant to the specific solution infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A CHECKPOINT ZONE OPERATION FOR A SPARE PERSISTENT STORAGE
    Publication number: 20210279153
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for managing data. The method includes detecting a persistent storage device failure in a persistent storage device of a plurality of persistent storage devices, and in response to the detecting, initiating a rebuilding of data in a spare persistent storage device using checkpoint metadata and slice metadata, wherein the data is a copy of data that was stored in the persistent storage device and wherein the spare persistent storage device is not one of the plurality of persistent storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • Method and system for erasure coded data placement in a linked node system
    Patent number: 11068345
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to storing data and managing the stored data in linked nodes. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to nodes linked together in a daisy chain configuration such as, but not limited to, a single-chain configuration and a dual-chain configuration, which use data protection domain (DPD) information to determine where and/or how to store the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel, Arvind Ramakrishnan Palamadai, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • Method and system for data placement of a linked node system using replica paths
    Patent number: 11422741
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to storing data and managing the stored data in linked nodes. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to nodes linked together in a daisy chain configuration such as, but not limited to, a single-chain configuration and a dual-chain configuration, which use data protection domain (DPD) information to determine where and/or how to store the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Arvind Ramakrishnan Palamadai, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE CONFIGURATION UPDATE
    Publication number: 20200244525
    Abstract: A configurable device for use in a solution architecture includes computing resources. The configurable device further includes a computing resources state manager. The computing resources state manager obtains an out-of-band modification to the computing resources. The computing resources state manager, in response to obtaining the out-of-band modification, generates an out-of-band configuration based on the out-of-band modification. The computing resources state manager further, in response to obtaining the out-of-band modification, updates restoration information for the computing resources based on the out-of-band configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel
  • Method To Enable Application Sharing On Embedded Hypervisors By Installing Only Application Context
    Publication number: 20100262962
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing storage space requirements for an embedded hypervisor. The system and method includes installing an application context on a hypervisor while installing files needed by the applications to a shared storage device. Such a system and method provides a unique application context install. Additionally, such a system and method uniquely shares applications while reducing the space occupied on the embedded device. Also, such system and a method uniquely loads applications from remote storage without actually caching the applications on a local system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Ravikanth Chaganti
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A COMPLIANCE OPERATION ON VIDEO DATA USING A DATA PROCESSING UNIT
    Publication number: 20220129502
    Abstract: A method for processing video data is performed by a data processing unit (DPU). The method includes obtaining, by the DPU, video data; processing the video data to obtain video data chunks and video processing engine outcomes; generating compliance metadata based on the video data chunks and the video processing engine outcomes; associating the compliance metadata with the video data chunks; and storing the compliance metadata and the video data chunks in appropriate storages based on the compliance metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING DEVICE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210019392
    Abstract: A data processing device includes primary resources, an out-of-band manager operably connected to the primary resources via an always-on in-band connection, and an authentication engine. The authentication engine obtains, via the always-on in-band connection, an operation request and an authentication token corresponding to the operation request; in response to obtaining the authentication token: obtains a list of authorized operations using the authentication token; makes a determination that an operation indicated by the operation request is allowable based on the list of authorized operations; and performs the operation based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel
  • DRIFT REMEDIATION OF OUTCOME-BASED CONFIGURATIONS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20230297918
    Abstract: A method and system for drift remediation of outcome-based configurations for IT environments. Existing solutions directed to implementing multi-tier configurations on bare-metal IT infrastructure tend to require specialized tools and skills on a tier-by-tier basis. A more unified approach, where a single or singleton configuration that defines and implements the desired state (or outcome) of one or more tiers, is sought and thus proposed. Within this disclosure, remediation of any drifts, from said desired outcome(s), is emphasized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali
  • Method and system for managing a spare persistent storage device and a spare node in a multi-node data cluster
    Patent number: 11301327
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for managing data. The method includes detecting a failure of a persistent storage device in a data node of a plurality of data nodes, and in response to the detecting, initiating a rebuilding of data in a spare location using proactive copy metadata and slice metadata, wherein the data is a copy of data that was stored in the persistent storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, Rizwan Ali, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAULT IDENTIFICATION, LOGGING, AND REMEDIATION
    Publication number: 20200241953
    Abstract: A client recovery orchestrator for recovering clients after faults includes a persistent storage and a recovery manager. The persistent storage stores a fault correction script. The recovery manager obtains a fault profile associated with a client of the clients, matches the fault profile to a corrective action based on an associative model that associates dimensions of the fault profile and the corrective action, obtains the fault correction script based on the corrective action, orchestrates execution of the fault correction script to obtain an updated client, and updates the associative model based on the updated client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel, Ravikanth Chaganti
  • ORCHESTRATOR AND CONSOLE AGNOSTIC METHOD TO DEPLOY INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH SELF-DESCRIBING DEPLOYMENT TEMPLATES
    Publication number: 20190303213
    Abstract: A computing includes a persistent storage and a deployment manager. The persistent storage stores a deployment manifest repository. The deployment manager obtains a configuration request for a deployment. In response to obtaining the configuration request for the deployment, the deployment manager identifies, based on the deployment, manifests using the deployment manifest repository; generates a dependency graph of tasks specified in the manifests; orders the tasks using the generated dependency graph; generates a deployment script using the ordered tasks; and initiates a configuration of the deployment using the deployment script.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ravikanth Chaganti, Rizwan Ali, Dharmesh M. Patel
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