ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,885, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pure Storage Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Trait based storage unit groups" was invented by Teague S. Algie (Chicago) and Jason K. Resch (Warwick, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes selecting a plurality of groups of storage units from a number of storage units based on a plurality of sets of storage pool traits, where a first group of storage units of the plurality of groups of storage units is based on a first set of storage pool traits of the plurality of sets of storage pool traits. The method further includes selecting a storage unit from each of the plurality of groups of ...