ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,756, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NetApp Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Storage device energy consumption evaluation and response" was invented by Gregory Eugene Stabler (Durham, N.C.), Edward John Barron II (Pepperell, Mass.), Chris Boyd Grindstaff (Raleigh, N.C.) and Michael James Rydeen (Fremont, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various mechanisms and workflows are described that can utilize power and/or carbon footprint-based metrics to manage storage unit usage and/or configuration, which can provide a more efficient and environmentally friendly computing environment. In some example configurations, storage system management m...