Inventor · disambiguated record
Michael L. Kazar
Also filed as: KAZAR MICHAEL · KAZAR MICHAEL L · KAZAR MICHAEL LEON
57 granted patents·3 pending applications·2,094 citations·filing 2000–2020
99Inventor score
Files withNETAPP INC21KAZAR MICHAEL L11AVERE SYSTEMS INC4NETWORK APPLIANCE INC4SPINNAKER NETWORKS LLC4
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60 records- 0198US7730258B1System and method for managing hard and soft lock state information in a distributed storage system environmentNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 1, 2010·385 cites·24 claims
- 0297US8909885B2File system capable of generating snapshots and providing fast sequential read accessNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 9, 2014·48 cites·14 claims
- 0397US8495417B2System and method for redundancy-protected aggregatesJERNIGAN IV RICHARD P·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 23, 2013·93 cites·20 claims
- 0497US7849057B1Identifying snapshot membership for blocks based on snapidNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·65 cites·30 claims
- 0597US6868417B2Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same serverSPINNAKER NETWORKS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 15, 2005·188 cites·19 claims
- 0696US8655848B1Unordered idempotent logical replication operationsLEVERETT BRUCE·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 18, 2014·65 cites·31 claims
- 0796US7409497B1System and method for efficiently guaranteeing data consistency to clients of a storage system clusterNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·50 cites·59 claims
- 0896US6671773B2Method and system for responding to file system requestsSPINNAKER NETWORKS LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 30, 2003·170 cites·14 claims
- 0995US8533410B1Maintaining snapshot and active file system metadata in an on-disk structure of a file systemCORBETT PETER F·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 10, 2013·42 cites·19 claims
- 1095US8489811B1System and method for addressing data containers using data set identifiersCORBETT PETER F·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 16, 2013·70 cites·21 claims
- 1194US9323681B2File storage system, cache appliance, and methodAPOSTOLIDES VASILIS J·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 26, 2016·320 cites·16 claims
- 1294US8510524B1File system capable of generating snapshots and providing fast sequential read accessCORBETT PETER F·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 13, 2013·34 cites·20 claims
- 1393US8312046B1System and method for enabling a data container to appear in a plurality of locations in a super-namespaceEISLER MICHAEL·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 13, 2012·45 cites·17 claims
- 1493US8214404B2Media aware distributed data layoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 3, 2012·20 cites·22 claims
- 1593US7698289B2Storage system architecture for striping data container content across volumes of a clusterNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 13, 2010·34 cites·50 claims
- 1693US7698334B2System and method for multi-tiered meta-data caching and distribution in a clustered computer environmentNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 13, 2010·28 cites·26 claims
- 1793US7587558B1System and method for managing hard lock state information in a distributed storage system environmentNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 8, 2009·35 cites·34 claims
- 1892US9659026B2Unordered idempotent logical replication operationsNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 23, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 1992US7962689B1System and method for performing transactional processing in a striped volume setNETAPP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 14, 2011·33 cites·19 claims
- 2092US7519813B1System and method for a sidecar authentication mechanismNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 14, 2009·92 cites·13 claims
- 2192US7466659B1System and method for performing version negotiation of a network protocol and associated interfacesNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 16, 2008·28 cites·27 claims
- 2291US7987167B1Enabling a clustered namespace with redirectionNETAPP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 26, 2011·37 cites·22 claims
- 2389US7443872B1System and method for multiplexing channels over multiple connections in a storage system clusterNETWORK APPLIANCE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 28, 2008·18 cites·29 claims
- 2488US8429341B2Method and system for responding to file system requestsKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 2585US8832026B1Identifying snapshot membership for blocks based on snapidKAZAR MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 9, 2014·8 cites·33 claims
- 2685US8015355B1System and method for managing hard lock state information in a distributed storage system environmentNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 6, 2011·12 cites·27 claims
- 2784US9165003B1Technique for permitting multiple virtual file systems having the same identifier to be served by a single storage systemTUMMALA NARAYANA R·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 20, 2015·55 cites·10 claims
- 2884US7302520B2Method and apparatus for data storage using stripingSPINNAKER NETWORKS LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 27, 2007·30 cites·2 claims
- 2983US9342528B2Method and apparatus for tiered storageCLASH DANIEL·Filed 2010·Granted May 17, 2016·14 cites·32 claims
- 3082US8713077B2System and method for multi-tiered meta-data caching and distribution in a clustered computer environmentKAZAR MICHAEL·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 29, 2014·6 cites·21 claims
- 3179US8352518B2Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same serverNETAPP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 8, 2013·7 cites·26 claims
- 3279US8032697B2Method and system for responding to file system requestsNETAPP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 4, 2011·6 cites·19 claims
- 3377US7917693B2Method and system for responding to file system requestsNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 29, 2011·5 cites·44 claims
- 3476US8874864B2Maintaining snapshot and active file system metadata in an on disk structure of a file systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·3 cites·12 claims
- 3575US10860542B2Unordered idempotent logical replication operationsNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 8, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 3670US11880343B2Unordered idempotent logical replication operationsNETAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 23, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3770US9170953B2System and method for storing data in clusters located remotely from each otherKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 27, 2015·2 cites·15 claims
- 3869US10769108B2File storage system, cache appliance, and methodAVERE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 8, 2020·1 cites·19 claims
- 3969US7590798B2Method and system for responding to file system requestsNETAPP INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 15, 2009·9 cites·30 claims
- 4068US7721045B1System and method for efficiently guaranteeing data consistency to clients of a storage system clusterNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted May 18, 2010·3 cites·22 claims
- 4168US7454567B2Method and apparatus for data storage using stripingSPINNAKER NETWORKS LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 18, 2008·3 cites·3 claims
- 4265US10248655B2File storage system, cache appliance, and methodAVERE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 2, 2019·1 cites·23 claims
- 4364US10338853B2Media aware distributed data layoutAVERE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 2, 2019·0 cites·11 claims
- 4463US9710195B2Media aware distributed data layoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 18, 2017·0 cites·18 claims
- 4563US2017293442A1Media Aware Distributed Data LayoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4661US9405487B2Media aware distributed data layoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 2, 2016·0 cites·22 claims
- 4761US8429368B2Providing an administrative path for accessing a writeable master storage volume in a mirrored storage environmentEISLER MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 23, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 4859US9389806B2Media aware distributed data layoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 12, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 4958US8655931B2Media aware distributed data layoutKAZAR MICHAEL L·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 18, 2014·0 cites·26 claims
- 5058US7937474B2Method and apparatus for offloading network processes in a computer storage systemNETAPP INC·Filed 2008·Granted May 3, 2011·1 cites·37 claims
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