Method and computer program product for measuring quality of network services

• US 20060036724A1
• Filed: 09/01/2004
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Utsunomiya, Naoki, Iizuka, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,587,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

In a method of reducing a running cost and labor required for quality measurement, client computers matching predetermined district information are selected from a plurality of management target computers receiving network services, a quality measuring program is installed in these client computers to obtain execution results of the quality measuring program, and the quality of network services when the management target computers in the service target district access a server computer.

Claims

1. A program for measuring a quality of services provided to a plurality of computers on a network, the program making a computer execute:

a process of acquiring configuration management information including district information of each of said plurality of computers;

a process of setting a condition of measuring the quality of services including said district information;

a process of selecting the configuration management information matching said measuring condition;

a process of installing a preset quality measuring program in a computer corresponding to said selected configuration information;

a process of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program; and

a process of collecting an execution result of said quality measuring program.

2. The program according to claim 1, wherein said process of acquiring said configuration management information comprises:

a process of acquiring a fully qualified domain name in accordance with a global address assigned to each of said plurality of computers;

a process of estimating the district information of each of said plurality of computers in accordance with the fully qualified domain name; and

a process of setting said estimated district information to said configuration management information.

3. The program according to claim 1, wherein said precess of setting said condition includes a process of setting a district in which the quality of services is measured.

4. The program according to claim 3, wherein said process of setting said condition includes a process of setting the number of computers to be generated in said district.

5. The program according to claim 4, wherein said process of setting the number of computers sets the number of computers in accordance with a population ratio preset for each of said districts.

6. The program according to claim 1, wherein said process of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program includes a process of recording an execution date/time in said configuration management information, and said process of selecting said configuration management information includes a process of selecting said configuration management information in the order of an older date/time.

7. The program according to claim 1, wherein said process of collecting said execution result includes a process of judging whether said execution result of said quality measuring program satisfies a predetermined quality and a process of making again said selected computer execute said quality measuring program up to a predetermined number of times if said execution results does not satisfy said predetermined quality.

8. A method of measuring a quality of network services provided to a plurality of computers on a network, comprising:

a step of acquiring configuration management information including district information of each of said plurality of computers;

a step of setting a condition of measuring the quality of services including said district information;

a step of selecting the configuration management information matching said measuring condition;

a step of installing a preset quality measuring program in a computer corresponding to said selected configuration information;

a step of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program; and

a step of collecting an execution result of said quality measuring program.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of acquiring said configuration management information comprises:

a step of acquiring a fully qualified domain name in accordance with a global address assigned to each of said plurality of computers;

a step of estimating the district information of each of said plurality of computers i accordance with the fully qualified domain name; and

a step of setting said estimated district information to said configuration management information.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of setting said condition includes a step of setting a district in which the quality of services is measured.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said step of setting said condition includes a step of setting the number of computers to be generated in said district.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said step of setting the number of computers sets the number of computers in accordance with a population ratio preset for each of said districts.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program includes a step of recording an execution date/time in said configuration management information, and said step of selecting said configuration management information includes a process of selecting said configuration management information in the order of an older date/time.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of collecting said execution result includes a step of judging whether said execution result of said quality measuring program satisfies a predetermined quality and a step of making again said selected computer execute said quality measuring program up to a predetermined number of times if said execution results does not satisfy said predetermined quality.

15. The method according to claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of computers is provided with network services from a preset server computer, and said step of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program measures a quality between said selected computer and said server computer.

16. The method according to claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of computers is provided with network services from a client computer, and said step of making said selected computer execute said quality measuring program measures a quality between said selected computer and said client computer.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of changing the server computer providing network services to each of said plurality of computers, in accordance with the execution result of said quality measuring program.

18. The method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of changing the client computer providing network services to each of said plurality of computers, in accordance with the execution result of said quality measuring program.