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Brian Mckean
Also filed as: MCKEAN BRIAN · MCKEAN BRIAN D · MCKEAN BRIAN DENNIS
59 granted patents·11 pending applications·3,932 citations·filing 1980–2021
99Inventor score
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70 records- 0197US8176405B2Data integrity validation in a computing environmentHAFNER JAMES LEE·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·180 cites·20 claims
- 0297US6973553B1Method and apparatus for using extended disk sector formatting to assist in backup and hierarchical storage managementIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 6, 2005·277 cites·7 claims
- 0397US6681339B2System and method for efficient failover/failback techniques for fault-tolerant data storage systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 20, 2004·181 cites·15 claims
- 0497US4340038AMagnetic field concentration means and method for an implanted devicePACESETTER SYST·Filed 1980·Granted Jul 20, 1982·123 cites·12 claims
- 0596US8176367B2Systems and methods for managing end of life in a solid state driveDREIFUS DAVID L·Filed 2009·Granted May 8, 2012·73 cites·18 claims
- 0696US4703756AComplete glucose monitoring system with an implantable, telemetered sensor moduleUNIV CALIFORNIA·Filed 1986·Granted Nov 3, 1987·1.7k cites·23 claims
- 0795US8200922B2Storage system snapshot assisted by SSD technologyMCKEAN BRIAN·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 12, 2012·326 cites·19 claims
- 0895US6490659B1Warm start cache recovery in a dual active controller with cache coherency using stripe locks for implied storage volume reservationsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 3, 2002·136 cites·19 claims
- 0994US8341350B2Analyzing sub-LUN granularity for dynamic storage tieringJESS MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 25, 2012·28 cites·20 claims
- 1094US6647387B1System, apparatus, and method for enhancing storage management in a storage area networkIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 11, 2003·120 cites·28 claims
- 1193US6247099B1System and method for maintaining cache coherency and data synchronization in a computer system having multiple active controllersIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 12, 2001·228 cites·41 claims
- 1292US9916241B2Storage controller caching using symmetric storage class memory devicesNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 13, 2018·15 cites·20 claims
- 1391US9836404B2Write mirroring to storage class memory devicesNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·15 cites·20 claims
- 1490US8041991B2System and method for recovering solid state drive dataLSI CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 18, 2011·24 cites·15 claims
- 1589US8151137B2Systems and methods for governing the life cycle of a solid state driveMCKEAN BRIAN D·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 3, 2012·22 cites·25 claims
- 1688US8065558B2Data volume rebuilder and methods for arranging data volumes for improved RAID reconstruction performanceZWISLER ROSS E·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 22, 2011·19 cites·19 claims
- 1786US7069402B2Host-independent incremental backup method, apparatus, and systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 27, 2006·68 cites·22 claims
- 1885US8307159B2System and method for providing performance-enhanced rebuild of a solid-state drive (SSD) in a solid-state drive hard disk drive (SSD HDD) redundant array of inexpensive disks 1 (RAID 1) pairMCKEAN BRIAN·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 6, 2012·8 cites·18 claims
- 1985US6950900B1Method and apparatus for migrating data having a format of a first type to a format of a second typeIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 27, 2005·41 cites·25 claims
- 2084US9830269B2Methods and systems for using predictive cache statistics in a storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 28, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 2181US8756369B2Priority command queues for low latency solid state drivesMCKEAN BRIAN D·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 17, 2014·10 cites·2 claims
- 2281US6928578B2System, method, and computer program for selectable or programmable data consistency checking methodologyIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 9, 2005·35 cites·29 claims
- 2381US6922801B2Storage media scanner apparatus and method providing media predictive failure analysis and proactive media surface defect managementIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 26, 2005·15 cites·20 claims
- 2480US9830081B2System and method for synchronizing caches after rebootNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 28, 2017·3 cites·18 claims
- 2580US8495348B2Efficient root booting with solid state drives and redirect on write snapshotsZWISLER ROSS·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 23, 2013·12 cites·16 claims
- 2680US6912669B2Method and apparatus for maintaining cache coherency in a storage systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 28, 2005·31 cites·22 claims
- 2779US9400615B2Priority command queues for low latency solid state drivesNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 26, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 2879US8745633B2System and method for managing resources in a partitioned computing system based on resource usage volatilityJAYARAMAN BHASKAR·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 3, 2014·11 cites·12 claims
- 2978US8346990B2Methods and systems for tracking data activity levelsLSI CORP·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 1, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 3078US6654851B1System, apparatus, and method for using a disk drive for sequential data accessIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 25, 2003·26 cites·7 claims
- 3175US8103825B2System and method for providing performance-enhanced rebuild of a solid-state drive (SSD) in a solid-state drive hard disk drive (SSD HDD) redundant array of inexpensive disks 1 (RAID 1) pairMCKEAN BRIAN·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 24, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 3274US7480909B2Method and apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache lockingIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 20, 2009·21 cites·8 claims
- 3374US6918006B1System and method to coordinate data storage device management operations in a data storage subsystemIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 12, 2005·21 cites·22 claims
- 3473US9830092B2Solid state device parity caching in a hybrid storage arrayNETAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 28, 2017·2 cites·19 claims
- 3573US9348525B2Systems and methods for a storage array-managed initiator cacheNETAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 24, 2016·3 cites·23 claims
- 3673US8201001B2Method for optimizing performance and power usage in an archival storage system by utilizing massive array of independent disks (MAID) techniques and controlled replication under scalable hashing (CRUSH)MCKEAN BRIAN·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 12, 2012·6 cites·10 claims
- 3772US6816945B2Quiesce system storage device and method in a dual active controller with cache coherency using stripe locks for implied storage volume reservationsIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 9, 2004·18 cites·4 claims
- 3870US10698818B2Storage controller caching using symmetric storage class memory devicesNETAPP INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 30, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 3970US8458399B2Methods and structure for determining cache size in a storage systemHUMLICEK DONALD R·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 4, 2013·3 cites·23 claims
- 4068US11003583B2Adapting cache processing using phase libraries and real time simulatorsNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 11, 2021·1 cites·16 claims
- 4166US8856439B2Method and device for utilizing application-level prior knowledge for selectively storing data in higher performance mediaWEBER BRET S·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 7, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 4265US8924646B2Methods for managing data movement and destaging data in a multi-level cache system utilizing threshold values and metadataMCKEAN BRIAN D·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 30, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 4363US11593271B2Adapting cache processing using phase libraries and real time simulatorsNETAPP INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 28, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4463US6658528B2System and method for improving file system transfer through the use of an intelligent geometry engineIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·9 cites·27 claims
- 4561US8745449B2Systems and methods for managing end of life in a solid state driveDREIFUS DAVID L·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 3, 2014·2 cites·23 claims
- 4661US7930697B2Apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache lockingIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 19, 2011·2 cites·18 claims
- 4761US6862668B2Method and apparatus for using cache coherency locking to facilitate on-line volume expansion in a multi-controller storage systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 1, 2005·10 cites·12 claims
- 4859US9170740B2System and method for providing implicit unmaps in thinly provisioned virtual tape library systemsZWISLER ROSS·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 27, 2015·1 cites·18 claims
- 4956US10831369B2System and method for synchronizing caches after rebootNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 10, 2020·0 cites·21 claims
- 5055US6438648B1System apparatus and method for managing multiple host computer operating requirements in a data storage systemIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 20, 2002·30 cites·23 claims
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