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Avere Assigned Two Patents

Media aware distributed data layout, tiered storage

Media aware distributed data layout
Avere Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, has been assigned a patent (9,389,806) developed by Kazar, Michael L., Pittsburgh, PA, for a “media aware distributed data layout.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage system comprises a plurality of vdisks, with each vdisk containing a plurality of storage segments, and each segment providing a specific class of service, (CoS). Each vdisk stores files with data and meta data distributed among its storage segments. A storage system includes a memory having multiple classes of service. The system includes an interface for storing a file as blocks of data associated with a class of service in the memory. The interface chooses the class of service for a block on a block by block basis.

The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/827,433).

Tiered storage
Avere Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, has been assigned a patent (9,342,528) developed by Clash, Daniel, Kazar, Michael L., Pittsburgh, PA, Boyles, John R., Cranberry Township, PA, Butler, Jeffrey, Sewickley, PA, Hosteny, IV, Joseph, Pittsburgh, PA, and Nydick, Daniel S., Wexford, PA, for a “method and apparatus for tiered storage.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system for storing file data and directory data received over a network includes a network interface in communication with the network which receives NAS requests containing data to be written to files from the network. The system includes a first type of storage. The system includes a second type of storage different from the first type of storage. The system includes a policy specification n which specifies a first portion of one or more files’ data which is less than all of the files’ data is stored in the first type of storage and a second portion of the data which is less than all of the data of the files is stored in the second type of store. The system comprises a processing unit which executes the policy and causes the first portion to be stored in the first type of storage and a second portion to be stored in the second type of storage. A method for storing file data and directory data received over a network.

The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (12/798,285)

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