Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Gopal Sharma

24Patents
11h-index
29Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 29, 2002 → Nov 16, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7739541B1 System and method for resolving cluster partitions in out-of-band storage virtualization environments Physics 85 Expired
US7096330B1 Symmetrical data change tracking Physics 39 Expired
US8046446B1 System and method for providing availability using volume server sets in a storage environment employing distributed block virtualization Electricity 39 Active
US7398421B1 System and method for storage area network switch port failure recovery Electricity 32 Active
US7028078B1 System and method for performing virtual device I/O operations Electricity 26 Expired
US8359429B1 System and method for distributing volume status information in a storage system Physics 26 Active
US7328287B1 System and method for managing I/O access policies in a storage environment employing asymmetric distributed block virtualization Physics 21 Expired
US8082406B1 Techniques for reducing data storage needs using CDP/R Physics 15 Active
US7293191B1 System and method for managing I/O errors in a storage environment employing asymmetric distributed block virtualization Physics 14 Expired
US9442954B2 Method and apparatus for achieving optimal resource allocation dynamically in a distributed computing environment Electricity 12 Active
US10635316B2 Methods and systems for data storage using solid state drives Electricity 12 Active
US7203801B1 System and method for performing virtual device I/O operations Physics 11 Expired
US7680839B1 System and method for resynchronizing mirrored volumes Physics 11 Active
US7734878B1 System and method for performing virtual device I/O operations Physics 9 Active
US7627699B1 System and method for managing I/O access policies in a storage environment employing asymmetric distributed block virtualization Physics 6 Active
US8327028B1 Method and apparatus for providing time synchronization in a data protection system Physics 5 Active
US11269518B2 Single-step configuration of storage and network devices in a virtualized cluster of storage resources Electricity 4 Active
US7398350B1 Distribution of data volume virtualization Physics 3 Expired
US11269670B2 Methods and systems for converged networking and storage Electricity 3 Active
US10860213B2 Methods and systems for data storage using solid state drives Electricity 3 Active
US11269669B2 Providing data that is remotely stored to an operating system responsive to a local access request Electricity 2 Active
US7552296B1 Symmetrical data change tracking Physics 0 Active
US8694538B1 Method and apparatus for logging write requests to a storage volume in a network data switch Physics 0 Active
US8825870B1 Techniques for non-disruptive transitioning of CDP/R services Electricity 0 Active

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