Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Mark A. Reid

16Patents
9h-index
29Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 23, 1992 → Jul 18, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7991822B2 Propagation of updates for attributes of a storage object from an owner node of the storage object to other nodes Physics 314 Active
US5437022A Storage controller having additional cache memory and a means for recovering from failure and reconfiguring a control unit thereof in response thereto Physics 96 Expired
US6141731A Method and system for managing data in cache using multiple data structures Physics 82 Expired
US6327644A Method and system for managing data in cache Physics 50 Expired
US6502165B1 Balanced access to data volumes with redundant copies stored in data storage libraries Physics 34 Expired
US6477628B1 Backup copy achieving improved efficiency by waiting until rewind/unload command for bulk data copy Physics 31 Expired
US5815656A Method of validating memory structures in data processing systems Physics 15 Expired
US7778986B2 Securing transfer of ownership of a storage object from an unavailable owner node to another node Physics 12 Active
US7899895B2 Transfer of ownership of a storage object in response to an original owner node becoming available after a period of unavailability Physics 10 Active
US7774094B2 Selecting a source cluster by measuring system factors, calculating a mount-to-dismount lifespan, and selecting the source cluster in response to the lifespan and a user policy Physics 8 Active
US5426758A Method and system for accessing data from a multi-head data processing system utilizing a transducer head switching table Physics 7 Expired
US7636916B2 Self-optimizing workload distribution among virtual storage controllers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8280855B2 Extended logical worm data integrity protection with unique worm identifier in header and database Electricity 4 Active
US7379988B2 Autonomic performance tuning of a distributed virtual storage server Electricity 4 Expired
US8538932B2 Extended logical worm data integrity protection with unique worm identifier in header and database Electricity 1 Active
US7536501B2 Apparatus and method to manage one or more reserved volume serial numbers in a virtual library grid Physics 1 Active

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