Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Robert M. Rees

34Patents
13h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 1996 → Mar 8, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5644766A System and method for managing a hierarchical storage system through improved data migration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 340 Expired
US5802599A System and method for allocating storage in a fragmented storage space Physics 334 Expired
US5897661A Logical volume manager and method having enhanced update capability with dynamic allocation of storage and minimal storage of metadata information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 309 Expired
US6775703B1 Lease based safety protocol for distributed system with multiple networks Electricity 127 Expired
US6029160A Method and means for linking a database system with a system for filing data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Expired
US6917942B1 System for dynamically evaluating locks in a distributed data storage system Physics 67 Expired
US7139781B2 Managing filesystem versions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US6112211A Reconfiguration an aggregate file including delete-file space for optimal compression Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6925515B2 Producer/consumer locking system for efficient replication of file data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7085909B2 Method, system and computer program product for implementing copy-on-write of a file Physics 23 Expired
US7124131B2 Discipline for lock reassertion in a distributed file system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6571276B1 System for managing asset access in a distributed storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US8074041B2 Apparatus, system, and method for managing storage space allocation Electricity 14 Active
US6938056B2 System and method for restoring a file system from backups in the presence of deletions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7974950B2 Applying a policy criteria to files in a backup image Physics 7 Active
US8700584B2 Managing access to objects of a computing environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9263082B2 High density hybrid storage system Physics 4 Active
US9454333B2 Parity logs for RAID systems with variable capacity media Physics 4 Active
US7409389B2 Managing access to objects of a computing environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6651147B2 Data placement and allocation using virtual contiguity Physics 2 Expired
US8280851B2 Applying a policy criteria to files in a backup image Physics 2 Active
US8055629B2 Transitioning an archived file to write-once-read-many Physics 1 Active
US10671316B2 System, method, and recording medium for alignment of backup and archival policy Physics 1 Active
US10001922B2 High performance optical storage system for protection against concurrent data loss Physics 1 Active
US11210024B2 Optimizing read-modify-write operations to a storage device by writing a copy of the write data to a shadow block Physics 1 Active

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