System and method for caching data in a client management tool

• US 20050033765A1
• Filed: 09/03/2004
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Steve A.
• Application Number:
  US10/933,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20050033765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3447 Performance evaluation by modeling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/885 Monitoring specific for caches

Abstract

A method and system is provided for caching client management data in a capacity planner. Client management data is collected and cached over a selected time period. The collected data is averaged over that time period and is then transmitted to a central collection location. The client management data may be either written into cache directly or into tables contained in the cache.

Claims

1-13. -13. (Canceled)

14. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising a data field containing averaged client management data for collecting performance monitoring data into capacity planning data.

19. A computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the averaged client management data comprises averaged client management data collected from a plurality of client machines.

20. A computer-readable medium according to claim 19, wherein the averaged client management data comprises averaged performance monitoring data collected from two or more of the plurality of client machines.

21. A computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the averaged client management data comprises client management data averaged over a selected time interval.

22. A computer-readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the averaged client management data comprises performance monitoring data measurements collected over a first specified time interval from two or more of a plurality of client machines.

23. A computer-readable medium according to claim 22, wherein the selected time interval is greater than the first specified time interval.

24. A computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the averaged client management data is storable in a cache.

25. A computer-readable medium according to claim 24, wherein the cache comprises at least one of a local cache associated with at least one client machine and a remote cache.

26. A computer-readable medium according to claim 20, wherein the averaged performance monitoring data measurements are converted into capacity planning data before the data structure is transmitted to a central collection location for capacity planning purposes.

27. A computer-readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises at least one of a magnetic medium, an optical medium and an electronic medium.

15-18. -18. (Canceled).