Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for determining a system performance indicator that represents the overall operation of a network system

• US 10,102,101 B1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VCE IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Velaga, Srinivasa Rao
• Primary Examiner(s): Nano, Sargon N
• Application Number:
  US14/289,019
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/87 Monitoring of transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for determining a system performance indicator representative of the overall operation of a network system are disclosed. According to one example, a method includes obtaining, from a plurality of infrastructure elements included in a network system, performance metric data associated with a plurality of application processes being executed by the plurality of infrastructure elements. The method further includes consolidating analogous portions of the performance metric data into a plurality of performance metric data groups irrespective of the plurality of infrastructure elements and utilizing the plurality of performance metric data groups to determine a system performance indicator (SPI) value that represents an overall performance level of the network system.

Claims

1. A method for determining a system performance indicator representative of the overall operation of a network system, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a performance analysis server from a plurality of infrastructure elements included in a network system, performance metric data associated with a plurality of application processes being executed by the plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the performance metric data includes both a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes, wherein the service time is an amount of time an infrastructure element executes an application process and the transaction response time is an amount of time between when the infrastructure element receives a query for executing the application process and when the infrastructure element sends a response to the query, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements includes computer servers that provide the performance metric data to the performance analysis server in a contemporaneous manner;

consolidating, by the performance analysis server, analogous portions of the performance metric data into a service time data group and a transaction response time group irrespective of the plurality of infrastructure elements;

utilizing, by the performance analysis server, both the service time data group and a transaction response time group to determine a system performance indicator (SPI) value that represents an overall performance level of the network system; and

presenting, by the performance analysis server, the determined SPI value to a user via a user interface or display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtaining, consolidating, and utilizing steps are performed contemporaneously.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein obtaining the performance metric data includes obtaining a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the plurality performance metric data groupings includes a service time group comprising a plurality of obtained service times and a transaction request time group comprising a plurality of obtained transaction request times.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the SPI value is generated in part by dividing a sum of the obtained service times by a sum of the plurality of transaction response times.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the infrastructure components include converged infrastructure components located within a converged infrastructure system (CIS).

7. The method of claim 6 wherein each of the infrastructure components is selected from a group consisting of a compute component, a network component, a storage component, and a virtual machine.

8. A system for determining a system performance indicator representative of the overall operation of a network system, the system comprising:

a performance analysis server including at least one processor, memory, and a system performance indicator (SPI) module utilizing the at least one processor and the memory, wherein the SPI module is configured to;

obtain, from a plurality of infrastructure elements included in a network system, performance metric data associated with a plurality of application processes being executed by the plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the performance metric data includes both a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes, wherein the service time is an amount of time an infrastructure element executes an application process and the transaction response time is an amount of time between when the infrastructure element receives a query for executing the application process and when the infrastructure element sends a response to the query, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements includes computer servers that provide the performance metric data to the performance analysis server in a contemporaneous manner;

consolidate analogous portions of the performance metric data into a service time data group and a transaction response time group irrespective of the plurality of infrastructure elements;

utilize both the service time data group and a transaction response time group to determine a system performance indicator (SPI) value that represents an overall performance level of the network system; and

present the determined SPI value to a user via a user interface or display.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the SPI module is configured to obtain the performance metric data, consolidate the analogous portions of the performance metric data, and utilize the plurality of performance metric data groups to generate a SPI value in a contemporaneous manner.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the SPI module is further configured to obtain a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the plurality performance metric data groupings includes a service time group comprising a plurality of obtained service times and a transaction request time group comprising a plurality of obtained transaction request times.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the SPI module is further configured to generate the SPI value by dividing a sum of the obtained service times by a sum of the plurality of transaction response times.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the infrastructure components include converged infrastructure components located within a converged infrastructure system (CIS).

14. The system of claim 13 wherein each of the infrastructure components is selected from a group consisting of a compute component, a network component, a storage component, and a virtual machine.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform steps comprising:

obtaining, by a performance analysis server from a plurality of infrastructure elements included in a network system, performance metric data associated with a plurality of application processes being executed by the plurality of infrastructure elements, wherein the performance metric data includes both a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes, wherein the service time is an amount of time an infrastructure element executes an application process and the transaction response time is an amount of time between when the infrastructure element receives a query for executing the application process and when the infrastructure element sends a response to the query, wherein the plurality of infrastructure elements includes computer servers that provide the performance metric data to the performance analysis server in a contemporaneous manner;

consolidating, by the performance analysis server, analogous portions of the performance metric data into a service time data group and a transaction response time group irrespective of the plurality of infrastructure elements;

utilizing, by the performance analysis server, both the service time data group and a transaction response time group to determine a system performance indicator (SPI) value that represents an overall performance level of the network system; and

presenting, by the performance analysis server, the determined SPI value to a user via a user interface or display.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the obtaining,

consolidating, and utilizing steps are performed contemporaneously.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein obtaining the performance metric data includes obtaining a service time and a transaction response time for each of the plurality of application processes.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the plurality performance metric data groupings includes a service time group comprising a plurality of obtained service times and a transaction request time group comprising a plurality of obtained transaction request times.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the SPI value is generated in part by dividing a sum of the obtained service times by a sum of the plurality of transaction response times.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the infrastructure components include converged infrastructure components located within a converged infrastructure system (CIS).