METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF FAILURES IN DATA CENTER NETWORKS
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1. A method for determining an impact of failures in a data center network, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of failures for the data center network based on data about the data center network;
grouping the plurality of failures into a plurality of failure event groups, wherein each failure event group comprises a plurality of related failures for a network element; and
estimating the impact of the plurality of failures for each of the failure event groups by correlating the plurality of failures with traffic for the data center network.
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Abstract
There is provided a method and system for determining an impact of failures in a data center network. The method includes identifying failures for the data center network based on data about the data center network and grouping the failures into failure event groups, wherein each failure event group includes related failures for a network element. The method also includes estimating the impact of the failures for each of the failure event groups by correlating the failures with traffic for the data center network.
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1. A method for determining an impact of failures in a data center network, comprising:
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identifying a plurality of failures for the data center network based on data about the data center network; grouping the plurality of failures into a plurality of failure event groups, wherein each failure event group comprises a plurality of related failures for a network element; and estimating the impact of the plurality of failures for each of the failure event groups by correlating the plurality of failures with traffic for the data center network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for determining an impact of failures in a data center network, comprising:
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a processor that is adapted to execute stored instructions; and a system memory, wherein the system memory comprises code configured to; identify a plurality of failures for the data center network based on data about the data center network; group the plurality of failures into a plurality of failure event groups, wherein each failure event group comprises a plurality of related failures for a network element; and estimate the impact of the plurality of failures for each of the plurality of failure event groups by correlating the plurality of failures with traffic for the data center network and data from multiple data sources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media for storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions providing a system for analyzing an impact of failures in a data center network when executed by one or more processing devices, the computer-readable instructions comprising code configured to:
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identify a plurality of failures for the data center network based on data about the data center network, wherein the plurality of failures comprises one or more of a network device failure or a network link failure; group the plurality of failures into a plurality of failure event groups, wherein each failure event group comprises a plurality of related failures for a network element; determine the impact of the plurality of failures for each of the plurality of failure event groups by correlating the plurality of failures with a change in an amount of network traffic; and determine an effectiveness of network redundancies in mitigating the impact of the plurality of failures for each of the plurality of failure event groups. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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