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| 8135935 | ECC implementation in non-ECC components A method and apparatus for implementation of error correction code (ECC) checking in non-ECC-compliant components. The method includes receiving a logical address, wherein the logical address maps to first and second physical addresses of a memory. The first and sec... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8082408 | System and method for resuming backup of a volume after a backup operation prematurely terminates A first snapshot of a volume is created at a first point in time. A first backup operation to backup the volume to a first backup image using the first snapshot is initiated. The first backup operation terminates before completion, e.g., due to a failure. A second s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7941709 | Fast connectivity recovery for a partitioned namespace A system and method for storing data. In one embodiment, a file system includes a hierarchy of nodes partitioned into a plurality of containers. The file system further includes metadata associated with each node. First metadata describes each node's references to o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7912866 | System and method for detecting and storing file identity change information within a file system A system and method for detecting and storing file identity change information within a file system. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store a plurality of files and a file system configured to manage access to the storage devi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7689859 | Backup system and method Backup of a production instance of an application in a production machine environment is performed by creating a snapshot image that captures the state of the production machine, and then backing up the application from a backup machine created using the snapshot im... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7669032 | Host-based virtualization optimizations in storage environments employing off-host storage virtualization A system for host-based virtualization optimizations in storage environments employing off-host virtualization may include a host, one or more physical storage devices, and an off-host virtualizer such as a virtualizing switch. The off-host virtualizer may be config... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7653647 | System and method for determining file system data integrity A system and method for determining file system data integrity. In one embodiment, the system includes a storage device configured to store data and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device, to store plurality of files, to store a respective s... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7426630 | Arbitration of window swap operations In one embodiment, a processor comprises a register file, register management logic coupled to the register file, and at least two sources of window swap operations coupled to the register management logic. The register management logic is configured to control an i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 6950438 | System and method for implementing a separate virtual channel for posted requests in a multiprocessor computer system A computer system employs virtual channels and allocates different resources to the virtual channels. More particularly, the computer system provides a posted commands virtual channel separate from the non-posted commands virtual channel for routing posted and non-p... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6912482 | Data storage analysis mechanism System and method for data storage management. Embodiments may be used to perform analysis of disk-based data storage. Embodiments may provide a storage analysis mechanism for estimating storage inventory/availability risk tradeoff for data storage media for an appl... | 06/28/2005 |
