Nvidia Assigned Three Patents

Techniques for reducing security risks associated with shared storage
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (12361151) developed by Newburn; Christopher John, South Beloit, IL, for “techniques for reducing security risks associated with shared storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In various embodiments, a proxy application processes requests to access a storage system. The proxy application receives a client request from a proxy driver executing on a client node. The client request is associated with a client buffer and a location within the storage system. The proxy application converts the client request to a proxy request that is associated with a proxy buffer and the same location within the storage system. The proxy application transmits the proxy request to a storage driver that is associated with the storage system. The storage driver causes a file server to perform at least one operation at the location in accordance with the proxy request.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-05-31 (18/326937).

Allocation, distribution, and configuration of volumes in storage systems
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (12360708) developed by Flitsch; Tobias, Askarian Namaghi; Shayan, San Jose, CA, and Nazari; Siamak, Mountain View, CA, for “allocation, distribution, and configuration of volumes in storage systems.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Configuring, distributing, and managing virtual volumes in a storage system are automated and simplified so that administrators may be relieved of such tasks and non-storage administrators can make use of the storage technology. Considering operating system and application requirements, a cloud-based storage management infrastructure can perform the automated process and may employ templates that define necessary information and processes regarding how service processing units are clustered in a storage platform, volume distribution of virtual volumes, volume properties, and presentation to servers.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-15 (18/267392).

Snapshot-based boot volume for reliable server management and immutable reboot processes in storage processing units
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, has been assigned a patent (12353550) developed by DeJong; David, Fremont, CA, Flitsch; Tobias, San Jose, CA, and Nazari; Siamak, Mountain View, CA, for “snapshot-based boot volume for reliable server management and immutable reboot processes in storage processing units.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage processing unit (SPU), which may be resident in a server in a storage system, provides a boot volume to the server and provides storage services. The SPU may execute a process including taking three snapshots of the boot volume respectively after writing an operating system image into the boot volume, after writing component images or otherwise customizing contents of the boot volume, and after the server boots from the boot volume. For updates, stability, or recovery of the storage system, the SPU may promote any of the snapshots to be the boot volume before the server reboots.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-02-28 (18/115260).