NexGen Storage/Pivot3 Assigned Patent

NexGen Storage, Inc., Louisville, CO, acquired by Pivot3, Inc., has been assigned a patent (10,275,351) developed by Long, Kelly E., Westminster, CO, Sobolewski, Sebastian P., Broomfield, CO, and Ashmore, Paul A., Longmont, CO, for a “journal management.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for managing a journal. A method may include reordering storage commands based on different storage volumes associated with the storage commands. A method may include reordering storage commands based on different snapshots associated with the storage commands. A method may include adjusting a frequency of writing data from a write buffer based on a rate of write requests. A method may include adjusting a ratio of storage capacity for storing mirrored write data to storage capacity for storing non-mirrored read data.”

The patent application was filed on June 26, 2016 (15/193,070).