Inventor · Mainz, DE

Ulf Troppens

38Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 2005 → May 3, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7539710B1 Method of and system for deduplicating backed up data in a client-server environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 161 Active
US7519635B1 Method of and system for adaptive selection of a deduplication chunking technique Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Active
US8131687B2 File system with internal deduplication and management of data blocks Physics 55 Active
US8234444B2 Apparatus and method to select a deduplication protocol for a data storage library Physics 41 Active
US7631034B1 Optimizing node selection when handling client requests for a distributed file system (DFS) based on a dynamically determined performance index Physics 33 Active
US8825617B2 Limiting deduplication based on predetermined criteria Physics 12 Active
US7472300B1 Server-managed power saving policies for automated tape libraries and drives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9015552B2 Data deduplication using CRC-seed differentiation between data and stubs Electricity 6 Active
US8521922B2 Input/output (I/O) path selection based on workload types Physics 6 Active
US7870102B2 Apparatus and method to store and manage information and meta data Physics 5 Active
US8311663B2 Apparatus and method to store information Physics 5 Active
US8090917B2 Managing storage and migration of backup data Physics 5 Active
US8938417B2 Integrity checking and selective deduplication based on network parameters Physics 4 Active
US8037332B2 Quad-state power-saving virtual storage controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8719240B2 Apparatus and method to sequentially deduplicate groups of files comprising the same file name but different file version numbers Physics 2 Active
US8478933B2 Systems and methods for performing deduplicated data processing on tape Physics 2 Active
US8055866B2 Mirrored storage system and methods for operating a mirrored storage system Physics 2 Active
US8453031B2 Data deduplication using CRC-seed differentiation between data and stubs Electricity 2 Active
US8009539B2 Monitoring and analyzing the storage quality and the drive hardware performance of a media library Physics 2 Active
US9400605B2 Efficient management of a virtual tape library cluster Physics 1 Active
US7962690B2 Apparatus and method to access data in a raid array Physics 1 Active
US7743198B2 Load distribution in storage area networks Physics 1 Active
US9275067B2 Apparatus and method to sequentially deduplicate data Physics 1 Active
US9286914B2 Cartridge for storing biosample capillary tubes and use in automated data storage systems Physics 1 Active
US8255476B2 Automated tape drive sharing in a heterogeneous server and application environment Physics 1 Active

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