NetApp Assigned Four Patents

Namespace and storage management application infrastructure
for use in management of resources in a storage system environment
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,635,247) developed by two co-inventors for a “namespace and storage management application infrastructure for use in management of resources in a storage system environment.”

The co-inventors are Steven R. Klinkner, Fremont, CA, and Brian M. Hackworth, San Jose, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A namespace and storage management (NSM) application includes an infrastructure configured to enable efficient management of resources in a storage system environment. The NSM application executes on a NSM console and interacts with an NSM server to integrate namespace management and storage management in the storage system environment. The NSM server, in turn, interacts with one or more remote agents installed on host machines in the environment to convey application programming interface (API) function calls that enable remote management of the resources.”

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2006 (11/414,593).

Adjustable electronic magnetic radiation baffling method for storage systems

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,635,756) developed by two co-inventors for “adjustable electronic magnetic radiation (EMI) baffling method for data storage systems.”

The co-inventors are Justin B. Mortensen, and Robert Harvey, Wichita, KS.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present invention is directed to an apparatus for reducing and constraining EMI (electronic magnetic radiation) emissions without affecting the internals of data storage system components. A baffle is attached to the exterior of the housing of a data storage system component by baffle mounts. The baffle is operable between a closed position, where the baffle blocks EMI emitted by connectors on the data storage system component, and an open position, where the connectors are not blocked allowing for servicing and cable management. The baffle may comprise an EMI absorbing material and be tuned to meet specific EMI requirements. The baffle mounts offsets the baffle from the data storage system component and the baffle includes a number of holes to allow airflow. The adjustable EMI baffling apparatus does not interfere with other mounted components while the data storage system component is mounted in a cabinet.“

The patent application was filed on Oct. 23, 2009 (12/605,056).

Predefined block pointers to reduce duplicate storage of certain data
in storage subsystem of storage server
NetApp, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,671,082) developed by two co-inventors for the use of “predefined block pointers to reduce duplicate storage of certain data in a storage subsystem of a storage server.”

The co-inventors are Sandeep Yadav, and Subramanian Periyagaram, Sunnyvale, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and system for eliminating the redundant allocation and deallocation of special data on disk, wherein the redundant allocation and deallocation of special data on disk is eliminated by providing an innovate technique for specially allocating special data of a storage system. Specially allocated data is data that is pre-allocated on disk and stored in memory of the storage system. “Special data” may include any pre-decided data, one or more portions of data that exceed a pre-defined sharing threshold, and/or one or more portions of data that have been identified by a user as special. For example, in some embodiments, a zero-filled data block is specially allocated by a storage system. As another example, in some embodiments, a data block whose contents correspond to a particular type document header is specially allocated.”

The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2009 (12/394,002).

Managing components of a storage operating environment having plurality of VMs
that can access storage device managed by storage system
NetApp, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,671,406) developed by three co-inventors for a method and system “for managing components of a storage operating environment having a plurality of VMs that can access a storage device managed by a storage system.”

The co-inventors are Mohandas Gopal, Pleasanton, CA, Vineeth Karinta, Fremont, CA, and Anagha Barve, Sunnyvale, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Method and system are provided for managing components of a storage operating environment having a plurality of virtual machines that can access a storage device managed by a storage system. The virtual machines are executed by a host platform that also executes a processor-executable host services module that interfaces with at least a processor-executable plug-in module for providing information regarding the virtual machines and assists in storage related services, for example, replicating the virtual machines.“

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2011 (13/096,959).