Edward Joseph Fiore

Title: Edward Joseph Fiore and Storage Drive Interfacing

Introduction

Edward Joseph Fiore is an inventor associated with Ramsey, Minnesota, and NetApp, Inc. His patent work addresses storage systems and the way storage drives receive and process transactions.

Latest Patents

The available information identifies one patent associated with Fiore: “Dual-port interposer for storage drives.” The patent describes a storage interposer that connects a dual-port interface, supporting a choice between two interface protocols, to a single-port storage drive. Its protocol unit transfers storage transactions in a storage format, while its transaction unit tracks which port supplied each transaction and applies criteria to arrange transactions in a shared queue. The drive can then receive transactions from that queue in the selected order. This approach is intended to improve storage-drive interfacing and transaction handling. Fiore is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Fiore’s identified patent reflects work on storage infrastructure, particularly the coordination of transactions from multiple ports for a single-port drive. The available information associates him with NetApp, Inc., a company focused on data storage and management technologies.

Collaborations

Reyaz Ahmed is identified as Fiore’s coworker. The information provided does not specify their particular projects or the nature of any collaboration.

Conclusion

Edward Joseph Fiore’s documented invention focuses on using a shared transaction queue to connect dual-port interfaces with single-port storage drives, highlighting his contribution to storage-system design.