Architecture for supporting sparse volumes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7689609
APP PUB NO 20070250551A1
SERIAL NO

11409624

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An architecture, including a file-level protocol, for supporting sparse volumes on a storage system is provided. The file-level protocol provides coherency checking for use in retrieving data stored on a backing store remote from a storage system.

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  • NETAPP, INC.;NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ackaouy, Emmanuel Cambridge, GB 12 1397
Amdur, Matthew Benjamin San Francisco, US 13 874
Ayyar, Kartik Sunnyvale, US 18 1527
Eastham, Paul Mountain View, US 10 549
English, Robert M Menlo Park, US 65 4321
Grunwald, David Santa Clara, US 101 2091
Kesavan, Ram Santa Clara, US 44 1168
Lango, Jason Ansel Mountain View, US 9 610
Prakash, Ashish Morrisville, US 33 2192
Quirion, Brian Mederic San Jose, US 5 472
Tsai, Robert Lieh-Yuan Boston, US 14 1351
Wagner, J Christopher Langley, US 13 968
Zheng, Ling Sunnyvale, US 91 3370

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