Isaac Hier

Title: Isaac Hier and Coordinated Maintenance for Virtual Machine Clusters

Introduction

Isaac Hier is an inventor associated with Google Inc. in Seattle, Washington. His patent work addresses how cloud computing systems coordinate maintenance for groups of interacting virtual machines.

Latest Patents

The provided information identifies one patent associated with Hier: “Coordinated maintenance for virtual machine (VM) clusters/pods.” The invention describes a cloud system in which interacting virtual machines are organized into pods and supported by a dedicated set of hosts. That dedication continues during routine maintenance, including when one or more virtual machines are uninstalled.

The system can schedule maintenance for a pod and its hosts within a single interval and notify the virtual-machine owner in advance. The owner may reschedule the combined maintenance interval or arrange separate maintenance intervals for individual virtual machines. Hier is credited with 1 patent in the supplied data.

Career Highlights

The available information connects Hier’s patent activity with Google Inc. and cloud-computing infrastructure. The patent focuses on coordinating maintenance while preserving the relationship between virtual-machine pods and their supporting hosts.

Collaborations

Pingpan Cheng and Dmitry Eric Shiraev are identified as Hier’s coworkers. The supplied information does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborative contributions.

Conclusion

Isaac Hier’s identified patent presents an approach to scheduling maintenance for virtual-machine clusters and their supporting hosts, with options that give system owners flexibility over maintenance timing.