Systems and method of implementing disk ownership in networked storage

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7650412
APP PUB NO 20030120743A1
SERIAL NO

10027457

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A system and method for disk ownership in a network storage system. Each disk has two ownership attributes set to show that a particular file server owns the disk. In a preferred embodiment the first ownership attribute is the serial number of the file server being written to a specific location on each disk and the second ownership attribute is setting a SCSI-3 persistent reservation. In a system utilizing this disk ownership method, multiple file servers can read data from a given disk, but only the file server that owns a particular disk can write data to the disk.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
NETAPP INC3060 OLSEN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95128

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aster, Radek Campbell, US 34 999
Coatney, Susan M Cupertino, US 52 1572
Rowe, Alan L San Jose, US 22 470
Sarma, Joydeep Sen Redwood City, US 27 618

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation