SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING DATA ACTIVITY UTILIZING A SHARED DATA STORE

• US 20110208858A1
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Yancey, Scott, Hansma, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,898,287 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0813 with a network or matrix configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/219 Managing data history or versioning querying versioned data G06F16/2474; querying temporal data G06F16/2477
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/60 Details of cache memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/62 Details of cache specific to multiprocessor cache arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/067 using time frame reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store, These mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store can enable enhanced data monitoring, more efficient data storage, improved system resource utilization, etc.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store, the method comprising:

monitoring data activity within a system;

storing the monitored data activity within a shared data store; and

performing one or more actions, based on the stored data activity.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity is associated with one or more users of the system.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity is associated with an application,

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the system includes a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the system includes a plurality of application servers within a cluster.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity includes an amount of data that is transferred utilizing the system.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity includes a number of application programming interface (API) calls made to the system by a customer,

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity includes an amount of processing being performed by one or more servers of the system,

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity includes a number of data requests received from a customer that are currently being serviced by one or more application servers of the system.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity is monitored for a predetermined amount of time.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data activity includes data usage at a particular point in time.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the shared data store includes an open data store.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the shared data store includes a general purpose distributed memory caching system.

15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the shared data store Includes memcached.

16. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include creating a billing statement.

17. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include denying a request for data from a customer or function.

18. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include queuing a request for data from a customer or function.

12. The computer program product of claim II, wherein the data activity includes a snapshot of the current activity within the system.

19. A method, comprising:

monitoring data activity within a system, utilizing a processor;

storing the monitored data activity within a shared data store; and

performing one or more actions, based on the stored data activity,

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

monitoring data activity within a system;

storing the monitored data activity within a shared data store; and

performing one or more actions, based on the stored data activity.

21. A method for transmitting code for use in a multi-tenant database system on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

transmitting code for monitoring data activity within a system, utilizing a processor;

transmitting code for storing the monitored data activity within a shared data store; and

transmitting code for performing one or more actions, based on the stored data activity.