Roderick B. WIDEMAN

Filter file system with inode number as primary database key

Joint de-duplication-erasure coded distributed storage

Joint de-duplication-erasure coded distributed storage

Garbage collection and defragmentation for solid state drives (SSD) and shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drives

Data deduplication with adaptive erasure code redundancy

Sequential access storage and data de-duplication

Data deduplication with adaptive erasure code redundancy

Data deduplication with adaptive erasure code redundancy

Messaging policy controlled email de-duplication

Intelligent Active Vault Operation

File system based exchange between disk-based network attached storage and tape

De-duplication reference tag reconciliation

Messaging policy controlled email de-duplication

Method and apparatus for facilitating control interface failover in a removable media storage device

Tape library initiated actions

File repair

Method for media allocation in a partitioned removable media storage library

Sequential access storage and data de-duplication

Media-following encryption policy control

Satisfying a request for a physical import/export slot with a slot that is not a physical import/export slot

Classifying data for deduplication and storage

Implementing power savings in an automated storage system

Method and apparatus for tape drive data logging

Creating a self-contained portable output file

Generating unique aliases for keys used with tape libraries

Media library system and method for monitoring changes in inventory of media cartridges

Methods and systems for space management in data de-duplication

Methods and systems for improved throughput performance in a distributed data de-duplication environment

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING A MASS DATA STORAGE DEVICE, SUCH AS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING A CARTRIDGE TAPE DRIVE