Patents
US 10417189 B2: Hybrid model of fine-grained locking and data partitioning
- Granted
- 2019-09-17
- Filed
- 2015-10-30 application 14928452
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Presented herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and devices for integrating a hybrid model of fine-grained locking and data-partitioning wherein fine-grained locking is added to existing systems that are based on hierarchical data-partitioning in order in increase parallelism with minimal code re-write. Methods for integrating a hybrid model of fine-grained locking and data-partitioning are disclosed which include: creating, by a network storage server, a plurality of domains for execution of processes of the network storage server, the plurality of domains including a domain; creating a hierarchy of storage filesystem subdomains within the domain, wherein each of the subdomains corresponds to one or more types of processes, wherein at least one of the storage filesystem subdomains maps to a data object that is locked via fine-grained locking; and assigning processes for simultaneous execution by the storage filesystem subdomains within the domain and the at least one subdomain that maps to the data object locked via fine-grained locking.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190917.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetApp, Inc. 2,616 patents | US company or organization | Sunnyvale, CA | NETAPP, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state NETAPP, INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Fontaine Curtis-Maury | Apex, NC | 43 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Vinay Devadas | Apex, NC | 34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Aditya Kulkarni | Morrisville, NC | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/1774 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CURTIS-MAURY, MATTHEW signed 2016-03-10 DEVADAS, VINAY signed 2016-03-10 KULKARNI, ADITYA signed 2016-03-10 | NETAPP, INC. SUNNYVALE, CA | 37948/77 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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