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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100057791 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING FILE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE Techniques for managing inodes of a file system are described herein. According to one embodiment, in response to a request received at the file system for committing a file to a storage, a first indirect block having multiple entries is allocated. At least one entry st... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049754 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD In a NAS apparatus, a processor reads in, from a data volume, metadata of all files included in a file system at a base point-in-time of a snapshot of the data volume, and writes all the read-in metadata to an area of a difference data storage volume (difference volume)... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049755 | Method and Apparatus for Increasing Efficiency of Data Storage in a File System A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for storing data in a file system. A determination is made as to whether space is available in an inode of the file in the file system. The data is stored into the inode in response to space being available. Additionally, d... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100042629 | FILE SERVER WHICH CONDUCTS A MEMORY TEST UPON BOOT UP Provided is a file server providing a file service to a host computer, including an interface coupled to the host computer; a processor; a memory; and an interface coupled to a disk drive. The file server is configured to calculate a capacity of storage areas in the mem... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE AVAILABLE STORAGE CAPACITY OF A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM A method to optimize use of available storage capacity of a plurality of sequential data storage media, wherein the method provides (M) sequential data storage media each comprising a plurality of blockids, where the (i)th sequential data storage medium comprises an (i)... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100037001 | Flash memory based storage devices utilizing magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) A flash memory based storage device may utilize magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) as at least one of a device memory, a buffer, or high write volume storage. In some embodiments, a processor of the storage device may compare a logical block address of a data ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036897 | STORAGE SYSTEM At least two devices having different characteristics are provided as one file system, and the file system stores a file in a device according to the file purpose. In file system operation, a device characteristic acquiring unit acquires characteristic information of th... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100037206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURATION OF VIRTUALIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS A method of virtualizing an application to execute on a plurality of operating systems without installation. The method includes creating an input configuration file for each operating system. The templates each include a collection of configurations that were made by t... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100030791 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER AWARE DATA STORAGE A power aware data storage system comprises storage configured to store physical data files, the storage comprising several types of storage that are associated with different access times and power consumption; a storage authority coupled with the storage, the storage ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030825 | File Management System and Method A proposal is made of a file management system and method capable of reliably deleting unnecessary data. In a file management console and method for reading or writing data of a file from or in a first volume, which is provided by a storage device, in response to a requ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030827 | DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL STORAGE OF PORTABLE MEDIA FILES Storing a file on a virtual file system associated with a portable media drive. The virtual file system includes the portable media drive and allocated storage of a plurality of storage servers. The file is partitioned into a local portion and at least one remote portio... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030729 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING IMPACT OF USER ERRORS IN DATA STORES The invention provides a method and system for managing data access. The method includes receiving a request for accessing a file, determining a type of the received request that corresponds to an access pattern based on history of many files, marking the request based ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING DATABASE PARTITIONING IN A MULTI-TENANCY SCENARIO A method and apparatus for applying database partitioning in a multi-tenancy scenario is disclosed, the method includes providing, in each database table of a partitioned database system storing tenant data, a partition key field for storing a respective partition key f... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030828 | DETERMINATION OF INDEX BLOCK SIZE AND DATA BLOCK SIZE IN DATA SETS A plurality of data sets is maintained, wherein each data set comprises an index block and a plurality of data blocks. An index block size is determined for redefining the plurality of data sets, based on an amount of space left unused in index blocks of the plurality o... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100023680 | Method for Controlling Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory System In a memory system using a storage medium, which is inserted into an electronic apparatus via a connector to add a memory function thereto, the storage medium has a GROUND terminal, a power supply terminal, a control terminal and a data input/output terminal, and the co... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023529 | METADATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INFORMATION DISPERSED STORAGE SYSTEM An apparatus includes a processing module and a network interface. The processing module is operably coupled to obtain; a data storage transaction request regarding a file; determine identity of a user based on the data storage transaction request; access file level met... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023567 | RECORDING DEVICE In the case of recording pieces of cache data stored in a cache information management unit 103 onto a recording medium 109, a recording device pertaining to the present invention records, according to designation of a recording area by a file management u... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023566 | Method for Allocating Logical Unit Inside Storage System to Logical Volume and Storage Controller A storage controller comprises a creation module that creates a logical volume, a management module that manages a plurality of types of logical units inside a storage system, a measurement module that measures an access characteristic, which is a characteristic related... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100017558 | Memory device operable in read-only and re-writable modes of operation A one-time programmable (OTP) memory device and methods for use therewith are provided. These embodiments can be used to provide compatibility between a memory device that uses an OTP (or few-time programmable (FTP)) memory array and host devices that use a file system,... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100017446 | File system configuration method and apparatus for data security and for accessing same, and storage device accessed by same Provided are a file system configuration method and apparatus for data security, a method and apparatus for accessing a data security area formed by the same, and a data storage device accessed by the same. A method of configuring a file system comprising a general area... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100011037 | Media aware distributed data layout A storage system comprises a plurality of vdisks, with each vdisk containing a plurality of storage segments, and each segment providing a specific class of service (CoS). Each vdisk stores files with data and meta data distributed among its storage segments. A storage ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100011038 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE MANAGING APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTED STORAGE MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a distributed storage managing program that causes a computer to execute obtaining a quantity M, the quantity M being a quantity of classes to which files are to be allocated; allocating, according to a predetermined a... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100010996 | METHOD FOR THE ALLOCATION OF DATA ON PHYSICAL MEDIA BY A FILE SYSTEM THAT ELIMINATES DUPLICATE DATA The present invention is a method for the allocation of data on physical media by a file system that eliminates duplicate data. Efficient searches are employed using a unique algorithm when a compare on hash is used to achieve realtime operation of the file system. The ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100011036 | DOCUMENT STORAGE ACCESS ON A PER-APPROVAL BASIS Systems and methods of the present invention allow a file owner to upload and store a file to a File Storage Area. Through a series of communications, a file requestor may request access to the file. The file owner may grant or deny permissions to access the file and no... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100005329 | Storage System There is provided a storage system including a file server connecting to a computer over a network and a storage apparatus connecting to the file server connecting over the network, wherein the file server includes a first controller, the storage apparatus includes mult... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005225 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, AND HOST DEVICE A nonvolatile memory device has a file system manager and manages the file system of a file to be recorded. The nonvolatile memory device measures time by obtaining time information from outside in each writing file data or based on time information preliminarily obtain... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005227 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, ACCESS DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM A file to be read or written is designated and accessed from an access device side to a nonvolatile memory device. In an initialization after start-up of the power source, an empty capacity detector detects empty capacity parameters of a nonvolatile memory with dividing... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090327635 | Data security for use with a file system An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method for providing data security for use with a file system. The apparatus and method performs acts including: applying a mapping function to data block numbers that are associated with a file; and obtaining map... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327370 | DEFRAGMENTATION OF DIGITAL STORAGE MEDIA The invention concerns a technique for defragmenting digital storage media (disks). The invention is based on a filter driver or corresponding technology receiving all I/O to and/or from the file system driver, and which by itself is able to send I/O requests to the fil... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327371 | Storage control device The storage control device includes: a control unit that stores a data file that includes main data and file information in a write-once type storage medium having a data information area containing a plurality of clusters having a predetermined size; an acquisition uni... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327625 | MANAGING METADATA FOR DATA BLOCKS USED IN A DEDUPLICATION SYSTEM Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing metadata for data blocks used in a deduplication system. File metadata is maintained for files having data blocks in a computer readable device. Data block metadata is maintained for each data block ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327368 | Dynamic Write Balancing in a Data Storage System Available storage locations are identified by searching through a free blocks object non-sequentially. The free blocks object may be logically divided into sections, and the sections may be searched non-sequentially. Each section may be logically divided into a number o... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-FORMAT DATA EXCHANGE Multi-format file transfer can be accomplished, without the need for storing files in each of a plurality of formats, by linking a plurality asset-containing first folders (161-16m), each having a first format, to a plurality of virtu... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327367 | Common Block Storage Infrastructure Common block storage infrastructure techniques are described in which files are created through interaction with a file system to reserve extents in a volume on behalf of volume storage drivers, which may form a driver stack that resides logically on top of the volume. ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090319585 | APPLICATION-AWARE AND REMOTE SINGLE INSTANCE DATA MANAGEMENT A method and system for reducing storage requirements and speeding up storage operations by reducing the storage of redundant data includes receiving a request that identifies one or more files or data objects to which to apply a storage operation. For each file or data... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319587 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM An access device 150 designates a file ID for directly specifying file data to a nonvolatile memory device 120A at the time of writing file data. A file physical management part 105 in the nonvolatile memory device 120A includes a file physic... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319586 | NON-DISRUPTIVE FILE SYSTEM ELEMENT RECONFIGURATION ON DISK EXPANSION An apparatus is operable with a host and a data storage component for controlling expansion of storage, and comprises: an allocating component responsive to a user input for allocating an expanded target storage space to a file system element to thereby make an expanded... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090313427 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME To optimize performance and power consumption of a storage system having many disk drives, the storage system contains a plurality of volumes. A first number of the volumes belong to a first volume set. The first number of the remaining volumes belong to a second volume... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313289 | Waveform Observing Apparatus and System Thereof There are provided a waveform observing apparatus and the system thereof in which, when a removable storage medium is inserted into the waveform observing apparatus to capture a copy of measured data, a difference copy is made while including the latest measured data co... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313312 | Method of Enhancing De-Duplication Impact by Preferential Selection of Master Copy to be Retained A method and apparatus are provided for enhancing the impact of data de-duplication by preferential selection of the master copy to be retained based on current loads and performance metrics of the storage media devices. The computer system is configured to take as inpu... | 12/17/2009 |
