CommVault Assigned Seven Patents

Distributed deduplicated storage system
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,020,900) developed by Vijayan Retnamma, Manoj Kumar, Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, and Attarde, Deepak Raghunath, Marlboro, NJ, for a “distributed deduplicated storage system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A distributed, deduplicated storage system according to certain embodiments is arranged in a parallel configuration including multiple deduplication nodes. Deduplicated data is distributed across the deduplication nodes. The deduplication nodes can be networked together and communicate with one another according using a light-weight, customized communication scheme, e.g., (a scheme based on FTP or HTTP). In some cases, deduplication management information including deduplication signatures and/or other metadata is stored separately from the deduplicated data in deduplication management nodes, improving performance and scalability.“

The patent application was filed on December 13, 2011 (13/324,613).

Power management of data processing resources,
such as power adaptive management of storage operations
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,021,282) developed by Muller, Marcus S., Granville, OH, for a “power management of data processing resources, such as power adaptive management of data storage operations.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method for performing power conservation actions is described. In some examples, the system determines a power conservation policy based on information from the system, and implements that policy in an enterprise or in one or more buildings, such as within a data storage environment. In some examples, the system adds or modifies global filters or system performance based on information from the system.“

The patent application was filed on December 23, 2013 (14/138,473).

Sharing media in computer network
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,021,213) developed by Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Gokhale, Parag, Marlboro, NJ, Prahlad, Anand, Bangalore, India, Kumar Vijayan, Manoj, Marlboro, NJ, Ngo, David, Shrewsbury, NJ, and Devassy, Varghese, Ottawa, Canada, for a “system and method for sharing media in a computer network.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy, copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy, and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy.“

The patent application was filed on August 9, 2013 (13/963,693).

Sharing SAN storage
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,021,198) developed by Vijayan, Manoj Kumar, Marlboro, NJ, Viswanathan, Srikant, Eatontown, NJ, Attarde, Deepak Raghunath, Marlboro, NJ, Devassy, Varghese, Ottawa, Canada, and Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Marlboro, NJ, for a “system and method for sharing SAN storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”According to various embodiments, systems and methods are provided that relate to shared access to Storage Area Networks, SAN) devices. In one embodiment, a Storage Area Network, SAN) host is provided, comprising: a server component, a first host bus adapter configured to be connected to a SAN client over a first SAN, a second host bus adapter configured to be connected to a SAN storage device over a second SAN, and wherein the server component is configured to manage a data block on the SAN storage device, receive a storage operation request from the SAN client through the first host bus adapter, and in response to the storage operation request, perform a storage operation on the data block, the storage operation being performed over the second SAN through the second host bus adapter.“

The patent application was filed on January 20, 2011 (13/010,694).

Stored data reverification management
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,020,990) developed by Brockway, Brian, Shrewsbury, NJ, Gokhale, Parag, and Lu, Jun, Ocean, NJ, for a “stored data reverification management system and method.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system and method are provided for verifying data copies and reverifying the copies over the life span of media according to a verification policy. Characteristics of media and use of media are tracked to provide metrics which may be used to dynamically reevaluate and reassign verification policies to optimize media usage. Copies that fail verification operations may be repaired by repeating a storage operation for recent copies or by substituting a close temporal copy of the failed copy.“

The patent application was filed on September 13, 2012 (13/615,138).

Performing data replication
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,020,898) developed by Prahlad, Anand, East Brunswick, NJ, and Ngo, David, Shrewsbury, NJ, for a “systems and methods for performing data replication.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Performing data management operations on replicated data in a computer network. Log entries are generated for data management operations of an application executing on a source system. Consistency point entries are used to indicate a time of a known good, or recoverable, state of the application. A destination system is configured to process a copy of the log and consistency point entries to replicate data in a replication volume, the replicated data being a copy of the application data on the source system. When the replicated data represents a known good state of the application, as determined by the consistency point entries, the destination system(s) may perform a storage operation, e.g., snapshot, backup) to copy the replicated data and to logically associate the copied data with a time information, e.g., time stamp) indicative of the source system time when the application was in the known good state.“

The patent application was filed on July 9, 2014 (14/326,855).

Smart archiving and data previewing for mobile devices
CommVault Systems, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ, has been assigned a patent (9,020,890) developed by Kottomtharayil, Rajiv, Marlboro, NJ, Vibhor, Anand, Eatontown, NJ, and Varadharajan, Prakash, Manalapan, NJ, for a “smart archiving and data previewing for mobile devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Techniques for providing data preview before recalling large data files are disclosed. In one aspect, a data file is made accessible while being offline by converting the data file from a native format to a preview format, storing the data file in the preview format in a primary storage that is locally available and moving, after the conversion to the preview format, the data file in the native format to a secondary storage. When a viewing request is received for the data file, the data file in the preview format is displayed to fulfill the viewing request.“

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2013 (13/792,736).