Red Hat Assigned Four Patents

Configuring new nodes for using storage system managed by unified storage manager
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC, has been assigned a patent (9,596,135) developed by Thomas, Nishanth, Bangalore, India, and Mayilsamy, Kanagaraj, Tirupur, India, for a “configuring new nodes for using a storage system managed by a unified storage manager.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods for configuring new nodes for using a storage system managed by a unified storage manager, (USM) are disclosed. An example method may comprise detecting, by a processing device executing a unified storage manager, USM, a connection of a machine to the USM, invoking a provisioning component of the USM to initiate a provisioning process for the machine, utilizing, via the provisioning process, an external provisioning service to cause a bootstrapping process to execute on the machine, the bootstrapping process to install an operating system, (OS) on the machine and to execute a kickstart file on the machine, responsive to execution of the kickstart file, performing a handshake process with the machine to establish a communication channel between the USM and the machine, and receiving, via the established communication channel, an availability status of the machine as a storage node for storage services managed by the USM.“

The patent application was filed on August 31, 2016 (15/253,069).

Lightweight snapshots for virtual disks
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC, has been assigned a patent (9,594,583) developed by Bonzini, Paolo, Turate, Italy, for a “lightweight snapshots for virtual disks.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A snapshot manager in a virtual machine monitor receives a write request comprising data from a guest operating system of a virtual machine, wherein the write request is directed to a sector of a virtual disk associated with the virtual machine. The snapshot manager writes the data from the guest operating system of the virtual machine to the sector in a base image of the virtual disk, the base image comprising a current version of the virtual disk, wherein the virtual disk comprises the base image and a overlay image, the overlay image comprising a snapshot of the base image at a previous point in time.“

The patent application was filed on November 12, 2013 (14/078,363).

Delayed allocation for direct access non-volatile file system
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC, has been assigned a patent (9,588,976) developed by Riel, Henri Van, Merrimack, NH, for a “delayed allocation for a direct access non-volatile file system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods for data storage management technology that optimizes the creation and storage of file objects. The method includes: receiving a request to create a file object, storing a first portion of the file object in a buffer in a first data storage, determining a location in a second data storage in view of a predicted size of the file object, migrating the first portion of the file object from the buffer to the location in the second data storage, and in response to receiving a second portion of the file object, storing the second portion in the second data storage without storing the second portion in the buffer in the first data storage.“

The patent application was filed on July 22, 2016 (15/216,831).

Performing discard commands on RAID storage devices
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC, has been assigned a patent (9,588,693) developed by Pato{hacek over, c)}ka, Mikula{hacek over, s)}, Prague, CZ, and Snitzer, Michael A., Shirley, MA, for a “performing discard commands on RAID storage devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An example method for performing discard commands on Redundant Array of Independent Disks, (RAID) devices may comprise receiving a request to free a range of logical sectors that is mapped to a plurality of storage devices organized as RAID. The method may further comprise identifying a first physical sector number corresponding to a first logical sector having a lowest number greater or equal than a starting logical sector number of the range of logical sectors. The method may further comprise identifying a second physical sector number corresponding to a second logical sector having a lowest number greater or equal than an ending logical sector number of the range of logical sectors. The method may further comprise issuing a single command to all of the plurality of storage devices to free a range of sectors identified by the first physical sector number and the second physical sector number.“

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2015 (14/679,376).