Arkologic Assigned Patent

Arkologic Limited, Fremont, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,738,846) developed by four co-inventors for a “file system-aware solid-state storage management system.”

The co-inventors are Kyquang Son, Dublin, CA, Ronald Lee, Pleasanton, CA, Henry C. Lau, Fremont, CA, and Rajesh Ananthanarayanan, San Jose, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A file system-aware SSD management system including an SSD management module that incorporates both file system information and information related to the underlying physical solid-state storage media into its operations is described. Also described are related methods for performing data management operations in a file system-aware manner. By incorporating both file system and physical storage information, the system may achieve various advantages over conventional systems, such as enhanced I/O performance, simplified SSD firmware, and extended SSD lifespan. Moreover, by moving solid-state management functions above the firmware level, the system may enable the simultaneous management of a pool of multiple SSDs.”

The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2011 (13/274,277).