Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael E. Root

19Patents
8h-index
33Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 29, 2002 → Aug 14, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7424592B1 System and method for implementing volume sets in a storage system Physics 334 Expired
US7657578B1 System and method for volume replication in a storage environment employing distributed block virtualization Physics 96 Active
US7620666B1 Maintaining persistent data change maps for fast data synchronization and restoration Physics 76 Expired
US7293154B1 System and method for optimizing storage operations by operating only on mapped blocks Physics 60 Expired
US7096330B1 Symmetrical data change tracking Physics 39 Expired
US7103796B1 Parallel data change tracking for maintaining mirrored data consistency Physics 35 Expired
US8635422B1 Systems and methods for reclaiming storage space from deleted volumes on thin-provisioned disks Physics 25 Active
US8549223B1 Systems and methods for reclaiming storage space on striped volumes Physics 8 Active
US9201890B2 Storage optimization manager Physics 5 Active
US8082230B1 System and method for mounting a file system on multiple host computers Physics 5 Active
US9400799B2 Data block migration Physics 3 Active
US7610478B1 Method and apparatus for improving a computer boot sequence Physics 1 Active
US8578124B2 Storage systems and methods with pre-reserve allocation Physics 1 Active
US9996264B2 Data block migration Physics 1 Active
US7552296B1 Symmetrical data change tracking Physics 0 Active
US10929017B2 Data block migration Physics 0 Active
US10691369B2 Pool partner based replication Physics 0 Active
US10691370B2 Assignment of a data identifier to first and second volumes Physics 0 Active
US11233850B2 Replicating data over a public network Electricity 0 Active

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