Inventor · Bad Soden, DE

Rainer Wolafka

36Patents
4h-index
32Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: May 13, 2005 → Feb 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7631034B1 Optimizing node selection when handling client requests for a distributed file system (DFS) based on a dynamically determined performance index Physics 33 Active
US7415489B2 Managing an archived file system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7672754B1 Balancing of data tape cartridges in tape libraries with pass-through mechanism Physics 10 Active
US7975171B2 Automated file recovery based on subsystem error detection results Physics 4 Active
US8930807B2 Web content management based on timeliness metadata Physics 3 Active
US8037332B2 Quad-state power-saving virtual storage controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9413826B1 Concurrent file and object protocol access using space-efficient cloning Physics 3 Active
US9772915B2 Cluster file system support for extended network service addresses Electricity 3 Active
US8365069B1 Web content management based on timeliness metadata Physics 2 Active
US10742731B2 Maintaining service configuration consistency across nodes of a clustered file system Electricity 2 Active
US9940213B2 Integrating external services with a clustered file system Physics 2 Active
US9578122B1 Communicating an E-mail from a sender to a plurality of recipients Electricity 2 Active
US9645897B2 Using duplicated data to enhance data security in RAID environments Physics 2 Active
US8484213B2 Heterogenous high availability cluster manager Electricity 2 Active
US8055866B2 Mirrored storage system and methods for operating a mirrored storage system Physics 2 Active
US9575989B2 Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environment Electricity 2 Active
US10581959B2 Load-balancing input/output requests in clustered storage systems Electricity 1 Active
US10055416B2 Method for file handling in a hierarchical storage environment and corresponding hierarchical storage environment Electricity 1 Active
US10558535B2 Cluster file system support for extended network service addresses Electricity 1 Active
US10592373B2 Integrating external services with a clustered file system Physics 1 Active
US9888064B2 Load-balancing input/output requests in clustered storage systems Electricity 1 Active
US9342460B2 I/O write request handling in a storage system Physics 1 Active
US11595401B2 Workload security rings Electricity 1 Active
US11023538B2 System and methods for dynamic generation of object storage datasets from existing file datasets Electricity 1 Active
US10705909B2 File level defined de-clustered redundant array of independent storage devices solution Physics 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.