Amplidata/HGST/WD Assigned Patent

Amplidata NV, Lochristi, Belgium, (HGST company) has been assigned a patent (9,823,870) developed by De Spiegeleer, Kristof Mark Guy, and De Wispelaere, Wim, Gent, Belgium, for a “distributed object storage system comprising low power storage nodes.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage node for a distributed object storage system, comprising a control board configured to receive a parameter for setting predetermined allowable temperature ranges through a serial port, and sending a signal through said serial port for indicating one or more of said measurements of temperatures lies outside said predetermined allowable ranges. The control board is further configured to receive a parameter for controlling the switching on or off the storage elements through said serial port by sending a signal through said serial port to indicate which storage elements is switched on or off.”

The patent application was filed on January 7, 2016 (14/990,667).