Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Sonny E. Williams

27Patents
4h-index
17Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 2004 → Jun 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7444478B2 Priority scheme for transmitting blocks of data Physics 12 Active
US7769960B2 Computer program product and a system for a priority scheme for transmitting blocks of data Physics 12 Active
US8549220B2 Management of write cache using stride objects Physics 7 Active
US8250323B2 Determining whether to use a repository to store data updated during a resynchronization Physics 6 Active
US8443141B2 Intelligent write caching for sequential tracks Physics 2 Active
US10082979B2 Input/output operation management in a device mirror relationship Physics 2 Active
US7647357B2 Data transfer management in consistency group formation Physics 2 Expired
US8566518B2 Intelligent write caching for sequential tracks Physics 1 Active
US7660955B2 Node polling in consistency group formation Physics 1 Active
US9317447B2 Systems and methods for background destaging storage tracks Physics 0 Active
US9542330B2 Systems and methods for background destaging storage tracks Physics 0 Active
US8661202B2 Systems and methods for destaging storage tracks from cache Physics 0 Active
US8589624B2 Systems and methods for background destaging storage tracks Physics 0 Active
US9063863B2 Systems and methods for background destaging storage tracks Physics 0 Active
US8656109B2 Systems and methods for background destaging storage tracks Physics 0 Active
US8639888B2 Systems and methods for managing cache destage scan times Physics 0 Active
US8661201B2 Systems and methods for managing destage conflicts Physics 0 Active
US8332589B2 Management of write cache using stride objects Physics 0 Active
US8595433B2 Systems and methods for managing destage conflicts Physics 0 Active
US9442847B2 Increased destaging efficiency by smoothing destaging between current and desired number of destage tasks Physics 0 Active
US8589623B2 Systems and methods for managing cache destage scan times Physics 0 Active
US8996813B2 Systems and methods for managing destage conflicts Physics 0 Active
US8566535B2 Systems and methods for destaging storage tracks from cache Physics 0 Active
US9442848B2 Increased destaging efficiency by smoothing destaging between current and desired number of destage tasks Physics 0 Active
US9069683B2 Systems and methods for destaging storage tracks from cache Physics 0 Active

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