STATISTICAL DATA INSPECTOR
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1. An apparatus for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising:
- a management console function; and
at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function, either directly or indirectly, said at least one statistical inspector remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collection, storage, and manipulation of time-based data at said associated network element.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a technique that allows the collection, storage, and manipulation of data collected in a computer network.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising:
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a management console function; and at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function, either directly or indirectly, said at least one statistical inspector remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collection, storage, and manipulation of time-based data at said associated network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising:
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a distributed statistical/historical aggregation facility associated with said computer network elements for tracking statistical qualities of each of said associated computer network elements over time across a plurality of said computer network elements; said statistical qualities comprising a property dimension and a network element dimension; wherein all property results are stored as a two dimensional table, with each column representing a single property, and each row representing a single network element; wherein a cell in said table holds a last result reported by a network element for a given property; and wherein selected properties track changes relative to one or more network elements over time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A computer implemented method for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising the steps of:
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providing a management console function; and providing at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function, either directly or indirectly, for remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collection, storage, and manipulation of time-based data at said associated network element, aggregational pipelinein which aggregation can occur at any of one or more points along the entire pipeline fromagent samples values and sampling time, relays collecting and forwarding, servers collecting and forwarding, consoles collecting and displaying, and cross server consolidation, which are in said statistical inspector stores and forwards raw data or aggregates raw data and stores said aggregated raw data and/or forwards said aggregated raw data.
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