Inventor · Sherborn, MA, US

Xiangping Chen

153Patents
43h-index
73Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 2002 → Jul 7, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8515911B1 Methods and apparatus for managing multiple point in time copies in a file system Physics 149 Active
US8429346B1 Automated data relocation among storage tiers based on storage load Physics 129 Active
US10176046B1 Checkpointing of metadata into user data area of a content addressable storage system Physics 105 Active
US9384206B1 Managing data deduplication in storage systems Electricity 104 Active
US9594514B1 Managing host data placed in a container file system on a data storage array having multiple storage tiers Physics 98 Active
US9459809B1 Optimizing data location in data storage arrays Physics 93 Active
US8566483B1 Measuring data access activity Physics 89 Active
US9304889B1 Suspending data replication Physics 89 Active
US10338851B1 Storage system with consistent termination of data replication across multiple distributed processing modules Physics 87 Active
US10324640B1 Storage system with consistent initiation of data replication across multiple distributed processing modules Physics 87 Active
US10394485B1 Storage system with efficient re-synchronization mode for use in replication of data from source to target Physics 85 Active
US8799601B1 Techniques for managing deduplication based on recently written extents Physics 84 Active
US10496489B1 Storage system configured for controlled transition between asynchronous and synchronous replication modes Physics 81 Active
US8327103B1 Scheduling data relocation activities using configurable fairness criteria Physics 79 Active
US8539148B1 Deduplication efficiency Physics 77 Active
US8683153B1 Iterating for deduplication Physics 76 Active
US7475124B2 Network block services for client access of network-attached data storage in an IP network Electricity 75 Expired
US10496672B2 Creating replicas at user-defined points in time Physics 73 Active
US10095428B1 Live migration of a tree of replicas in a storage system Physics 72 Active
US9684593B1 Techniques using an encryption tier property with application hinting and I/O tagging Physics 71 Active
US9513814B1 Balancing I/O load on data storage systems Physics 70 Active
US9529545B1 Managing data deduplication in storage systems based on storage space characteristics Physics 66 Active
US8782324B1 Techniques for managing placement of extents based on a history of active extents Physics 61 Active
US9811288B1 Managing data placement based on flash drive wear level Physics 60 Active
US9355112B1 Optimizing compression based on data activity Physics 59 Active

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