Intelligent data replicator

• US 20030204586A1
• Filed: 04/25/2002
• Published: 10/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Schnetzler, Steve
• Application Number:
  US10/133,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20030204586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and apparatus to perform intelligent data replication is described.

Claims

1. A method to monitor information, comprising:

receiving information at a first network node for a second network node;

comparing said information with a pattern; and

replicating said information to a monitoring node if said information matches said pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said pattern is an Extensible Markup Language pattern.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising decrypting said information prior to said comparing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said information comprises layer seven information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said information comprises an Extensible Markup Language document.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending said information to said second network node.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving said information at said third network node;

analyzing said information in accordance with a set of predetermined criteria; and

updating said information in accordance with said analysis.

8. A system to monitor information, comprising:

a server to send information to a client;

a monitoring node to monitor information; and

an intermediate node having an IDR module to intercept said information and determine whether to replicate said information to said monitoring node.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said intermediate node also performs load balancing.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a decrypting node to decrypt said information prior to interception by said intermediate node.

11. An apparatus to monitor information, comprising:

a document object generator to receive information and generate a document object;

a pattern object generator to receive a pattern and generate a pattern object; and

switching logic to compare said document object to said pattern object, and to switch said information to a monitoring node if said document object matches said pattern object.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said information comprises an Extensible Markup Language document.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said pattern comprises an Extensible Markup Language pattern.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said switching logic uses a pattern matching algorithm to compare said document object and said pattern object.

15. An article comprising:

a storage medium;

said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in monitoring information by receiving information at a first network node for a second network node, comparing said information with a pattern, and replicating said information to a monitoring node if said information matches said pattern.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, further result in decrypting said information prior to said comparing.

17. The article of claim 15, wherein the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, further result in sending said information to said second network node.

18. The article of claim 15, wherein the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, further result in receiving said information at said third network node, analyzing said information in accordance with a set of predetermined criteria, and updating said information in accordance with said analysis.