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Senior Director, Global Midrange Array R&D At Hp Director, R&D At Hewlett-Packard

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Location:
Colorado Springs, Colorado Area
Industry:
Computer Hardware
Experience:
HP (Public Company; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry): Senior Director, Global Midrange Array R&D,  (October 2005-Present) Responsible for HP's Midrange disk array productsHewlett-Packard (Public Company; Computer Hardware industry): Director, R&D,  (2...
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Method And Apparatus For Mapping Data In A Heterogeneous Disk Array Storage System

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US Patent:
6487636, Nov 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr 24, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/556221
Inventors:
Wade A. Dolphin - Eagle ID
Bryan M. Diamond - Meridian ID
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Co. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 1116
US Classification:
711114, 714 5, 714 6, 714 7
Abstract:
A RAID data storage system includes a heterogenous disk array coupled to a controller. The disk array provides a storage space that includes a first set of stipes each having at least âNâ blocks and a second set of stripes each having less than âNâ blocks. The controller can operate to map the storage space into redundant units by creating at least one redundant unit for storing data according to a mirror redundancy scheme. The redundant unit includes a block from the first set of stripes and a block from the second set of stripes.

Optimizing Performance For A Storage Device Within A Computer System

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US Patent:
6898664, May 24, 2005
Filed:
Aug 28, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/233107
Inventors:
Randy J. Matthews - Boise ID, US
Marc E. LeFevre - Boise ID, US
Richelle L. Ahlvers - Eagle ID, US
Wade A. Dolphin - Eagle ID, US
Douglas L. Voigt - Boise ID, US
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX
International Classification:
G06F012/00
US Classification:
711112, 711113, 711114, 710 5, 710 6, 710 52, 710 56, 710 57, 710 60, 710305, 710310, 709105, 709314, 709326
Abstract:
A data storage device may be constructed with a disk array; an array controller for controlling the array; and a queue for queuing commands from a host system to the disk array. Programming installed on the array controller adjusts a logical size of the queue to optimize performance.

Disk Array Having Hot Spare Resources And Methods For Using Hot Spare Resources To Store User Data

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US Patent:
56665121, Sep 9, 1997
Filed:
Feb 10, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/386574
Inventors:
Marvin D. Nelson - Boise ID
Theresa A. Burkes - Meridian ID
Bryan M. Diamond - Boise ID
Michael B. Jacobson - Boise ID
Wade A. Dolphin - Boise ID
Douglas L. Voigt - Boise ID
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 1216
US Classification:
711114
Abstract:
A disk array data storage system has a plurality of storage disks and a disk array controller for coordinating transfer of user data to and from the storage disks. A memory manager is provided to manage memory allocation and data storage on the disk array. The memory manager maintains a sufficient quantity of hot spare storage space that can be made available for reconstructing the user data and restoring redundancy in the event one of the storage disks fails. Until a disk fails, however, the memory manager uses the hot spare space to store user and redundant data while guaranteeing that the storage space can be used for rebuilding following a storage disk failure. In this manner, all storage disks in the array are used to store user data, and additionally to maintain storage space that can be easily made available for purposes of hot spare in the event of disk failure.

System And Method For Handling I/O Requests Over An Interface Bus To A Storage Disk Array

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US Patent:
56447892, Jul 1, 1997
Filed:
Jan 19, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/376944
Inventors:
Randy J. Matthews - Boise ID
Wade A. Dolphin - Boise ID
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 1300
G06F 1200
US Classification:
395856
Abstract:
A multi-tasking, multi-initiator computing system includes an interfacing bus, at least one storage disk array connected to the interfacing bus, and multiple initiators connected to the interfacing bus to request I/O processes to be performed by the storage disk array. A disk array controller is provided in the storage disk array to assign the I/O requests received from the initiators to one of two types of job control data structures: (1) regular job control data structures that hold the information to process and complete the I/O request, and (2) minimized job control data structures that are temporarily used when no regular job control data structures are available. The disk array controller assigns the I/O request to the minimized job control data structures only in the event that no free regular job control data structures are available to hold the information from the I/O request. Each minimized job control data structure holds a subset of the information from the I/O request that is sufficient to reinitiate the I/O request for completion when a regular job control data structure once again becomes available. A method for operating a computing system and a memory data structure are also described.

Method For Identifying Ways To Improve Performance In Computer Data Storage Systems

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US Patent:
56235984, Apr 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov 22, 1994
Appl. No.:
8/343809
Inventors:
Douglas L. Voigt - Boise ID
Marvin D. Nelson - Boise ID
Wade A. Dolphin - Boise ID
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 1132
G06F 1134
US Classification:
39518401
Abstract:
A method is provided for identifying areas for performance improvement in data storage systems. The method includes the following steps: (1) sampling a performance metric during operation of the data storage system; (2) presenting to a user a performance history that is indicative of how the data storage system is performing over a period of time; (3) permitting the user to select an evaluation interval of the performance history; (4) determining whether the performance metric is at a level for desired performance of the data storage system for the selected evaluation interval; and (5) providing at least one suggestion to the user that would help improve performance of the data storage system in the event that the performance metric is not at the level for optimal performance.

System And Method For Reporting Available Capacity In A Data Storage System With Variable Consumption Characteristics

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US Patent:
59604514, Sep 28, 1999
Filed:
Sep 16, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/932812
Inventors:
Douglas L. Voigt - Boise ID
Richelle L. Ahlvers - Boise ID
Wade A. Dolphin - Boise ID
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 100
US Classification:
711114
Abstract:
A data storage system has an administrator tool that presents an existing LUN arrangement composed of one or more types of LUNs and an available capacity for the existing LUN arrangement. The administrator tool provides a graphical user interface (UI) that allows the administrator to propose different configurations with one or more additional hypothetical LUNs, without in fact creating them. The UI provides a set of controls representative of the different LUN types. The administrator can graphically manipulate the controls to vary characteristics of the hypothetical LUNs. As the administrator manipulates the controls, the system dynamically computes available capacity assuming a LUN arrangement that includes both the existing LUNs and the hypothetical LUNs. The graphical UI reports the changing available capacity as a response to the administrator's manipulation so that the administrator can gain an appreciation of how the hypothetical LUNs might affect available capacity. Assuming there is sufficient available capacity, the administrator can direct the system to create new LUNs having the same characteristics of the hypothetical LUNs.
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