Patents
US 12748539 B2: Automatic space sharing of disaggregated storage of a storage pod by multiple nodes of a distributed storage system
- Granted
- 2026-09-29
- Filed
- 2024-03-05 application 18595785
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for implementation and use of disaggregated storage by a distributed storage system. In various examples described herein, the association of blocks of storage space within a storage pod with a given dynamically extensible file system (DEFS) may be in large chunks of one or more gigabytes (GB), which may be referred to herein as “allocation areas” (AAs) that each include multiple RAID stripes. The use of large, multi-GB chunks, as the unit of space allocation/assignment to DEFSs of a distributed storage system facilitates ease of management and independence of write allocation. The use of AAs described herein further allows disk space to be used more fluidly across individual (nodes) storage systems of a distributed storage system (cluster of nodes working together), thereby eliminating silos of storage; and processing resource (e.g., CPU) load may be distributed across the cluster.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 (ipgb20260929.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetApp, Inc. 2,616 patents | US company or organization | San Jose, 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 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Paul Thoppil | Pleasanton, CA | 42 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Ananthan Subramanian | San Ramon, CA | 106 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Suhas Urkude | San Ramon, CA | 18 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Arindam Banerjee | Pleasanton, CA | 50 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Richard Parvin Jernigan, IV | Sewickley, PA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/0631 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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