William B Peake

US Patent:

20040024921, Feb 5, 2004

Filed:

Feb 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/369675

Inventors:

William Peake - Manassas VA, US
Colleen McLaughlin - Colorado Springs CO, US
Daniel Kyler - Colorado Springs CO, US

International Classification:

G06F003/00

US Classification:

710/001000

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product for analyzing file I/O activity on local attached storage devices within a computer network is provided. In an embodiment, a software agent executes on one or more servers within the network, and monitors the I/O activity on the network's local attached storage (e.g., SAN, NAS, and IDE and SCSI disks). A management interface is also provided for monitoring I/O activity-related data and for receiving reports on such I/O activity. In an embodiment, collected I/O-related data and any predefined I/O metrics are stored in a central repository (e.g., a relational database). The system, method and computer program product provide accurate metrics to assists system administrators in deciding, justifying and validating resource purchases for and allocations within the network.

US Patent:

20080010370, Jan 10, 2008

Filed:

Sep 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/860241

Inventors:

William Peake - Manassas VA, US
Colleen McLaughlin - Colorado Springs CO, US
Daniel Kyler - Colorado Springs CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223000

Abstract:

A system, method and computer program product for analyzing file I/O activity on local attached storage devices within a computer network is provided. In an embodiment, a software agent executes on one or more servers within the network, and monitors the I/O activity on the network's local attached storage (e.g., SAN, NAS, and IDE and SCSI disks). A management interface is also provided for monitoring I/O activity-related data and for receiving reports on such I/O activity. In an embodiment, collected I/O-related data and any predefined I/O metrics are stored in a central repository (e.g., a relational database). The system, method and computer program product provide accurate metrics to assists system administrators in deciding, justifying and validating resource purchases for and allocations within the network.

US Patent:

20020174140, Nov 21, 2002

Filed:

Apr 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/133338

Inventors:

William Peake - Manassas VA, US
Sripriya Narayanan - Reston VA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

707/500000

Abstract:

A system and method for obtaining information on a large number of files, and to view and take action on those files. The present invention compiles a report on a file system in HTML format that is displayed by a browser. The report allows users to manage their files, or portions of their files, directly from the report, relieving system administrators of this burden. The method comprises: requesting Active Reports to be run; generating a CSV formatted copy of the files in the storage mechanism; converting the CSV formatted copy of the files to an HTML formatted copy of the files; reading the HTML formatted copy of the files so that the user can view the files; loading the file data by mapping the HTML formatted copy of the files to memory into a spreadsheet-like grid; and managing the display of the report and user report requests.