MICHAEL RAY NOEL
Pilots at Keeler St, Tucson, AZ

8321379, Nov 27, 2012

Aug 26, 2003

10/648064

Jean R. Chang - Santa Clara CA, US
Kirby Grant Dahman - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley Mark Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
Gavin Stuart Johnson - Aromas CA, US
Jon Arthur Lynds - San Jose CA, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US
Linda Jean Schiltz - Flagstaff AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707654, 707655, 707666

An apparatus, system, and method are presented for scaling storage media to improve data access performance. A scaling module is provided and configured to receive a dataset, identify storage characteristics of the dataset, make a determination based upon user-defined storage criteria, and select a storage instruction. In one embodiment, the storage instruction is configured to scale the storage medium to a predefined capacity. The predefined capacity of the storage medium is configured to optimize data access performance. Alternatively, the storage instruction is configured to not scale the storage medium. Additionally, the present invention may be configured to map and track the storage medium while the dataset is being written to or read from the storage medium.

7991758, Aug 2, 2011

Sep 7, 2005

11/221089

Ralph T. Beeston - Tucson AZ, US
Paul M. Greco - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Noel - Tucson AZ, US
Cory G. Smith - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707707, 707706, 707709, 707767, 707779

A system and method for performing a search operation within a sequential access data storage subsystem are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a data storage subsystem is provided which comprises a search module and a communication channel interface to communicatively couple the data storage subsystem to a host data processing system via a communication channel. In the described embodiment, the search module is configured to receive search attribute data from the host data processing system via the communication channel interface, where the search attribute data specifies a search attribute. The search module is further configured to perform a search operation on data of a sequential access storage element utilizing the search attribute and to provide search result data to the host data processing system via the communication channel interface in response to a performance of the search operation.

8291158, Oct 16, 2012

Jan 18, 2005

11/037711

Jean Rawwei Chang - Santa Clara CA, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Jon Arthur Lynds - San Jose CA, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US
Linda Jean Schiltz - Flagstaff AZ, US
Michael William Wood - Warwick, GB

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 12/00

711111, 711 4, 711154

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enforcing policy controls for non-system managed tape media. The apparatus includes an operating system configured to communicate with a tape media drive, and an identification module configured to identify a tape media type of a tape media cartridge. The apparatus may also include a policy module configured to maintain control policies for tape media types, and a media control module configured to enforce the control policies. The system includes a computing system having a processor, a cache, an operating system, and a plurality of input/output interfaces, a tape media drive coupled to the computing system, and the apparatus. The method includes communicating with a tape media drive, identifying a tape media type of a tape media cartridge, maintaining a plurality of control policies for tape media types, and enforcing the plurality of control policies.

7443629, Oct 28, 2008

Apr 9, 2007

11/697832

Lyn Lequam Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Lisa Joan Gundy - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley Mark Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 15/46

360 7304

A method is disclosed for optimizing fast access data storage on segmented tape media. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to selectively write data to a tape storage medium. The selection module may select data for storage as one of fast access and slower access. Fast access data may be stored on the first segment, or fast access portion, of a tape storage medium to provide optimal speed for data retrieval. Slower access data may be stored on the remaining available storage space of the tape storage medium. Additionally, read requests for fast access data may be accessed more quickly than read requests for slower access data. Thus, user data may be selected and written to a tape storage medium relative to a preferred access time.

7864479, Jan 4, 2011

Aug 11, 2008

12/189560

Lyn Lequam Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Lisa Joan Gundy - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley Mark Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G11B 15/46

360 7304

An apparatus and system are disclosed for optimizing fast access data storage on segmented tape media. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to selectively write data to a tape storage medium. The selection module may select data for storage as one of fast access and slower access. Fast access data may be stored on the first segment, or fast access portion, of a tape storage medium to provide optimal speed for data retrieval. Slower access data may be stored on the remaining available storage space of the tape storage medium. Additionally, read requests for fast access data may be accessed more quickly than read requests for slower access data. Thus, user data may be selected and written to a tape storage medium relative to a preferred access time.

8041921, Oct 18, 2011

Jun 13, 2008

12/139140

Lyn Lequam Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Lisa Joan Gundy - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley Mark Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 12/02

711173, 711111, 360134

An apparatus and system are presented for utilizing tape storage media segmentation to improve data access performance. A segmented tape storage medium within a tape cartridge having a first and second segment is utilized. A selection module allows a user to select a user-defined capacity of the tape storage medium that is less than the usable capacity of the tape storage medium. The user-defined capacity allows the user to prefer improved data access over tape storage capacity. Data, when written to the tape, is written only within the user-defined capacity. Data may be written exclusively on the first segment or written on both the first segment and second segment allowing data access to be improved. In addition, the user-defined capacity may correspond to the full capacity of the tape storage media.

2003006, Apr 3, 2003

Oct 1, 2001

09/968603

Lyn Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Kirby Dahman - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Kathryn Eldred - Tucson AZ, US
Gavin Johnson - Aromas CA, US
Jon Lynds - San Jose CA, US
Michael Noel - Tucson AZ, US
James Ratliff - Benson AZ, US
Anthony Pearson - Tucson AZ, US
Wayne Rhoten - Morgan Hill CA, US

G06F012/00

711/172000

A storage management system, apparatus, and method to increase the storage capacity of data storage media. Applicants' method uses a data storage device comprising a fixed device architecture, where that data storage device is capable of operating in a first capacity mode or in a second capacity mode, and where that data storage device is capable of switching between the first capacity mode and the second capacity mode. In certain embodiments, the first capacity mode utilizes a 22 bit blockid format and the second capacity mode utilizes a 32 bit blockid format. In other embodiments, the first capacity mode utilizes a 32 bit blockid format and the second capacity mode utilizes a 22 bit blockid format. A computer code product comprising a data management system which includes an operating system and data storage device microcode, which supports the capability to switch between alternative information storage architectures, and thereby, increase the capacity utilization of data storage media. A data storage and retrieval system comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein for implementing Applicants' method to switch between use of alternative information storage architectures, and thereby, to increase the capacity utilization of data storage media.

7406580, Jul 29, 2008

Aug 25, 2003

10/648584

Lyn Lequam Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Erika Marianna Dawson - Tucson AZ, US
Lisa Joan Gundy - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley Mark Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
Michael Ray Noel - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 12/00

711173, 711111, 360134

A method is presented for utilizing tape storage media segmentation to improve data access performance. A segmented tape storage medium within a tape cartridge having a first and second segment is utilized. A selection module allows a user to select a user-defined capacity of the tape storage medium that is less than the usable capacity of the tape storage medium. The user-defined capacity allows the user to prefer improved data access over tape storage capacity. Data, when written to the tape, is written only within the user-defined capacity. Data may be written exclusively on the first segment or written on both the first segment and second segment allowing data access to be improved. In addition, the user-defined capacity may correspond to the full capacity of the tape storage media.

7558914, Jul 7, 2009

Sep 22, 2006

11/534543

Lyn L. Ashton - Tucson AZ, US
Stanley M. Kissinger - Tucson AZ, US
William McEwen - Oro Valley AZ, US
Sean P. McMillen - Tucson AZ, US
Michael R. Noel - Tucson AZ, US
Glenn R. Wilcock - Tucson AZ, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 12/12

711113, 711135

A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i. e. , relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.