| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7558217 |
Method and system for initializing host location information across smart bridge topology change |
July 7, 2009 |
| A network includes multiple segments and bridges interconnecting the segments, with hosts coupled to the segments. The bridges are smart bridges that each perform a host location initialization function. The host location initialization function in one bridge is performed in corporat |
| 7542431 |
Nodal pattern configuration |
June 2, 2009 |
| Nodal pattern configuration is described, including generating successive values at a source node, processing the successive values using a plurality of intermediate nodes, sending the processed values from a node in the plurality of intermediate nodes to a destination node, and conf |
| 7529891 |
Balanced prefetching exploiting structured data |
May 5, 2009 |
| Balanced prefetching automatically balances the benefits of prefetching data that has not been accessed recently against the benefits of caching recently accessed data, and can be applied to most types of structured data without needing application-specific details or hints. Balanced |
| 7082438 |
Algorithm for tree traversals using left links |
July 25, 2006 |
| An information management system includes a computer and a database comprising a B-Tree data structure comprising a plurality of nodes associated with disk blocks and handles stored in the nodes. At least one left-link handle, h.sub.left, stored in each node points to a left sibling |
| 7072904 |
Deletion and compaction using versioned nodes |
July 4, 2006 |
| An information management system includes a database comprising a B-Tree data structure. The B-Tree includes a plurality of nodes associated with disk blocks, handles stored in the nodes, and version numbers attached to each of the handles and disk blocks. In addition, the system include |
| 7007027 |
Algorithm for tree traversals using left links |
February 28, 2006 |
| An information management system includes a computer and a database comprising a B-Tree data structure comprising a plurality of nodes associated with disk blocks and handles stored in the nodes. At least one left-link handle, h.sub.left, stored in each node points to a left sibling |
| 6721275 |
Bridged network stations location revision |
April 13, 2004 |
| Managing end stations locations in a bridged network includes providing a smart bridge, and performing communications operations using a network flood active port connections table, a network flood reaching table, a best path forwarding table and a best path sourcing table. An end statio |
| 6614764 |
Bridged network topology acquisition |
September 2, 2003 |
| A bridged network and a method for performing bridged network topology acquisition. The bridged network includes network segments and smart bridges having one or more ports. The network segments are interconnected by the smart bridges via the ports. Each of the smart bridges being co |
| 6567774 |
Method and system for configuring and updating networked client stations using a virtual disk an |
May 20, 2003 |
| A system and method for facilitating configuration of client stations in a computer network. A virtual disk representing configuration information is formed and selectively exported via the network to the client stations. The stations are configured with the configuration information ide |
| 6230246 |
Non-intrusive crash consistent copying in distributed storage systems without client cooperation |
May 8, 2001 |
| A method for controlling access to a storage element that forms a portion of a logical storage device includes setting a write-barrier value to a first value upon receiving a request to copy the contents of the logical storage device. Write operations to the storage element are prohibite |
| 6173293 |
Scalable distributed file system |
January 9, 2001 |
| A file system is distributed over a plurality of computers connected to each other by a network. The plurality of computers execute user programs, and the user programs access files stored on a plurality of physical disks connected to the plurality of computers. The file system includes |
| 6167490 |
Using global memory information to manage memory in a computer network |
December 26, 2000 |
| A system and method for managing memory in a network. In a computer network in which multiple computers (nodes) are interconnected by a network, the primary memory on one node may be used to store memory data (pages)from other nodes. The transfer of a data page over the network from the |
| 5802585 |
Batched checking of shared memory accesses |
September 1, 1998 |
| In a distributed shared memory computer system a plurality of workstations are connected to each other by a network. Each workstation includes a processor, a memory having addresses, and an input/output interface connected to each other by a bus. The input/output interfaces connect the |
