Michael H Comer

US Patent:

7756832, Jul 13, 2010

Filed:

Sep 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/903528

Inventors:

Robert Mowry - Cranberry Township PA, US
Jacob Gladish - Blue Bell PA, US
Michael Comer - Pittsburgh PA, US

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707638, 707640, 711161

Abstract:

An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method that use auto support data for upgrade compatibility. The method includes capturing the input commands that are used by a user (customer) of a storage appliance and that are processed by a current storage operating system in the storage appliance. These input commands are then stored in a database and are the auto support data that is transmitted from the storage appliance via a network to the database. These input commands can be recorded or categorized in the database, based upon the command name or command line arguments of the input commands. These input commands can then be mapped to new input commands that are used with an upgraded storage operating system in a storage appliance. These mapping can be implemented in, for example, a data structure that maps previous input commands to new input commands.

US Patent:

7840969, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Apr 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/414696

Inventors:

Michael Comer - Wexford PA, US

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 9/46
G06F 3/00
G06F 11/00
G06F 3/12
G06K 15/00

US Classification:

719314, 718100, 710 5, 710 6, 710 8, 714 2, 358 113, 358 114, 358 115, 358 118

Abstract:

A system and method for management of jobs in the cluster environment is provided. Each node a cluster executes a job manager that interfaces with a replicated database to enable cluster wide management of jobs within the cluster. Jobs are queued in the replicated database and retrieved by a job manager for execution. Each job manager ensures that jobs are processed through completion or, failing that, are re-queued on another storage system for execution.

US Patent:

8286179, Oct 9, 2012

Filed:

Oct 18, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/906583

Inventors:

Michael Comer - Wexford PA, US

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/46
G06F 15/173
G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00

US Classification:

718105, 709226, 707813, 711 1

Abstract:

A system and method for management of jobs in the clustered environment is provided. Each node in the cluster executes a job manager that interfaces with a replicated database to enable cluster wide management of jobs within the cluster. Jobs are queued in the replicated database and retrieved by a job manager for execution. Each job manager ensures that jobs are processed through completion or, failing that, are re-queued on another storage system for execution.

US Patent:

8332497, Dec 11, 2012

Filed:

Feb 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/676894

Inventors:

Jacob Gladish - Sunnyvale CA, US
Ronald W. Kownacki - Pittsburgh PA, US
Michael Comer - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709223, 709217, 709218, 707610, 707613, 707614

Abstract:

A cluster of nodes share configuration data that characterizes the cluster as an entity (virtualization) to a client. Management configuration data, VSC, is entered into a replicating database, RDB. That data is distributed and stored into replicating databases in each node, and then reconciled with the corresponding cluster configuration data in dynamic memory. The dynamic memory is accessed by clients. In a preferred embodiment, the nodes are storage servers.

US Patent:

58019456, Sep 1, 1998

Filed:

Jun 28, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/673419

Inventors:

Michael R. Comer - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

Lam Research Corporation - Fremont CA

International Classification:

G06F 1900
G06G 764
G06G 766

US Classification:

36446806

Abstract:

A scheduling method for robotic manufacturing processes that can be used in the processing of semiconductor wafers employs planning of dispatch times for wafers based on predetermined durations for some operations and estimated durations for other operations. Dispatch is based on the actual execution time for operations, but the planned order of operations is not changed. The planning of dispatch times is modified based upon the measurement of actual execution times of operations that were formerly estimated. Specific wafers are identified and a chain of custody is established during planning and dispatch.