International Business Machines Corporation

Pure Storage, Inc.

Cleversafe, Inc.

Moshun, LLC

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Purage Storage, Inc.

Jason K Resch

Wesley B Leggette

Greg R Dhuse

Andrew D Baptist

Ilya Volvovski

Gary W Grube

Manish Motwani

S Christopher Gladwin

Timothy W Markison

Ravi V Khadiwala

Thomas Franklin Shirley, Jr

Bart Richard Cilfone

Ethan S Wozniak

Zachary J Mark

Asimuddin Kazi

Yogesh Ramesh Vedpathak

Kumar Abhijeet

Thomas Darrel Cocagne

Adam Michael Gray

Brian Frederick Ober

Michael Colin Storm

John Edward Buchalo

Richard Michael Lang

Scott Michael Horan

Timothy John Boundy

Steven Michael Barger

Terence Michael Lydon

Eric McHugh

Praveen Viraraghavan

Richard A Herbst

Trevor J Vossberg

Darren Michael Boundy

George L Wilson, Iv

Evan Anderson

Wilfredo Gonzalez, Jr

Kurt A Estes

Niall John McShane

Daniel J Scholl

Mark Duane Seaborn

Sebastien Vas

Mario Frank DeRango

Ahmad Alnafoosi

John Quigley

David Schuda

Bruno Hennig Cabral

Vance T Thornton

Andrew George Peake

David J Schuda

Harsha Hegde

Ilir Iljazi

Teague Scott Algie

Hugo M Krawczyk

Joseph M Kaczmarek

Renars W Narubin

Robert Clark McCammon

Russell Paul Kennedy

Gregory R Dhuse

Rohan P Shah

Franco Vincent Borich

Dustin M Hendrickson

Srinivas Palthepu

Bart Richard Clifone

Brennan James Trichardt

Alan E Holmes

James L Lester

Eric Gunnar Smith

Patrick Aaron Tamborski

Ram S Narayanan

Alan M Frazier

Thomas Dubucq

Ying Zhao Guo

Steven Mark Hoffman

Tyler K Reid

Gregory A Papadopoulos

Ramin Rouzbeh

Siyuan Ma

Adam D Eggum

Mario F Derango

Gregory Palinckx

James Sherer

Jeremy S Jarczyk

Martin L Schmatz

Michael Edward Factor

Patricia Maria Sagmeister

Vita Bortnikov

Matthew Michael England

Jamie Bellanca

Amit H Lamba

Mingyu Li

Dusty Hendrickson

Shibhani Rai

Dennis A Kalaf

Nataraj Nagaratnam

Roberta Jo Cochrane

Sanjaya Kumar

Erlander Lo

Jesse Louis Young

Kevin Michael Freese

Michael J Niedbala

Lynn Foster

A processor in a storage network operates by: receiving an access request for a data segment, wherein the data segment is encoded utilizing an error correcting information dispersal algorithm as a set of encoded data slices that are stored in a plurality of storage units of the storage network and wherein each encoded data slice of the set of encoded data slices includes a corresponding checksum of a plurality of checksums; retrieving, from the storage network, a subset of encoded data slices that includes a threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices; determining, based on ones of the plurality of checksums corresponding to the subset of encoded data slices, when the subset of encoded data slices includes at least one corrupted encoded data slice; retrieving from at least one of the plurality of storage units an addition number of encoded data slices required to generate a reconstructed data segment based on the subset of encoded data slices; generating the reconstructed data segment in accordance with the error correcting information dispersal algorithm, using the additional number of encoded data slices and at least some of the subset of encoded data slices; providing the reconstructed data segment in response to the access request; forming a reconstructed set of encoded data slices utilizing the error correcting information dispersal algorithm on the reconstructed data segment; and replacing the at least one corrupted encoded data slice with at least one reconstructed encoded data slice of the reconstructed set of encoded data slices.

Data reconstruction in a storage network and methods for use therewith

A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting a magnetic response from a set of magnetic field sensors to produce a piston velocity and a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF) that includes a multitude of magnetic nanoparticles. The method further includes determining a shear force based on the piston velocity and the piston position. The method further includes determining a desired response for the STF based on the shear force, the piston velocity, and the piston position. The method further includes generating a magnetic activation based on the desired response for the STF and outputting the magnetic activation to a set of magnetic field emitters positioned proximal to the chamber.

Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism

A method includes storing a plurality of data in a storage system. A plurality of identifiers corresponding to the plurality of data is determined and the plurality of identifiers are stored in the storage system. A first set of integrity information corresponding to a first system storage level is generated for the plurality of data by performing a first set of cyclic redundancy checks and the first set of integrity information is stored in the storage system. A second set of integrity information corresponding to a second system storage level is generated for the plurality of data and the second set of integrity information is stored in the storage system.

Generating multiple sets of integrity information in a vast storage system

A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes an environment sensor and a head unit that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber to contain the STF. The chamber further includes front and back channels. The head unit further includes a piston housed radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypass to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid flow sensors and a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber to abate an internal factor of concern associated with an internal environment as sensed by the environment sensor.

Environmental based shear thickening fluid control method and mechanism

A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a secondary object sensor and a head unit that includes shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypass to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid flow sensors and a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber to control motion of the object with regards to a secondary object.

Pattern based shear thickening fluid object control method and mechanism

A method for execution by one or more computing devices of a storage network includes determining probable error locations associated within a set of storage units of the storage network based on provenance information associated with a set of encoded data slices, where the provenance information is generated as one or more tasks for error encoding a data segment of data into the set of encoded data slices and storing the set of encoded data slices are being executed. The method further includes scanning, by the computing device, the probable error locations to determine whether an error exists for the set of encoded data slices.

Smart error scanning in a storage network

A head unit system for controlling an object includes a secondary object sensor and a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid flow sensors and a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber to control motion of the object with regards to a secondary object.

Historical pattern based shear thickening fluid control method and mechanism

A method for execution by one or more computing devices of a storage network includes dispersed storage error encoding a data segment of data into a set of encoded data slices in accordance with an information dispersal algorithm width number and a decode threshold number, where the decode threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices are needed to reconstruct the data segment. The method further includes storing the set of encoded data slices in primary storage slots of a set of storage units deployed across multiple sites of the storage network in accordance with a mapping of the primary storage slots to storage units of the set of storage units, where a number of the primary storage slots is equal to or greater than the information dispersal algorithm width number.

Storing encoded data slices in primary storage slots

A method for execution by one or more computing devices of a massive data ingestion system includes receiving data for storage in the massive data ingestion system. The method further includes storing a data segment of the data in a cache memory of the massive data ingestion system. The method further includes retrieving, based on one or more retrieval parameters, the data segment from the cache memory. The method further includes error encoding, in accordance with error encoding parameters, the data segment to produce a set of encoded data slices, wherein the error encoding parameters include a pillar width number and a decode threshold number, and wherein the decode threshold number is a minimum number of encoded data slices needed to reconstruct the data segment. The method further includes storing the set of encoded data slices in a set of storage units of the massive data ingestion system.

Ingesting and storing data in a massive data ingestion system

A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit system further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber.

Shear thickening fluid based object movement control method and mechanism

A method for execution by a storage network begins by receiving data for storage by the storage network and continues by determining data preparation tasks for the data. The method continues by indexing the data in accordance with the data preparation tasks to generate a data index and processing the data in accordance with the data index to produce indexed data. The method then continues by determining distribution criteria for the data based on the data index and distributing the data and the data index to a set of distributed storage units in accordance with the distribution criteria, Finally, the method establishes criteria for analyzing found data of the data in the storage network.

Storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data in a storage network

A power shunt for shunting rotary power from a load device includes a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber that contains the STF. The power shunt further includes a drive shaft housed radially within a drive side section of the chamber and protruding outward from an end of the chamber for coupling to a lock configured to prevent rotation of the drive shaft. The power shunt further includes a load shaft housed radially within a load side section of the chamber and protruding outward from another end of the chamber for coupling to the load device. The power shunt further includes a drive turbine housed radially within the drive side section and coupled to the drive shaft. The power shunt further includes a load turbine housed radially within the load side section at a fixed operational distance from the drive turbine and coupled to the load shaft.

Shear thickening fluid based rotary power shunt mechanism

A processing system of a storage network operates by: selecting a queue memory type of a plurality of memory types to store a data object, based on a size parameter associated with the data object; storing the data object in a queue memory device having the queue memory type, when the queue memory type is selected; selecting a main memory type of a plurality of memory types to store the data object, when the queue memory type is not selected; and storing the data object in a main memory device having the main memory type, when the queue memory type is not selected; wherein the data object is dispersed error encoded and stored as a plurality of encoded data slices.

Storing data objects in a storage network with multiple memory types

A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a set of gates between a front channel and a back channel. The set of gates includes a bypass opening set. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The set of gates is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control rotational movement of the object. An accessory module assists in control of the object.

Modular rotating shear thickening fluid based object control mechanism

A head unit system for controlling an object includes a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a set of gates between a front channel and a back channel. The set of gates includes a bypass opening set. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber. The set of gates is configured to control flow of the STF between the front channel and the back channel to control rotational movement of the object.

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