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Client/server distribution of performance monitoring data

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  • US 5,905,868 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1997
  • Issued: 05/18/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for gathering and distributing performance and utilization data, comprising:

  • a network including a plurality of interconnected computers;

    a data collector process executed by a computer for collecting data from a monitored process and for storing the collected data, wherein the data collector process allows a user to control a frequency of collection for each of one or more different data types of the collected data and gathers the different types of the collected data in parallel from the monitored process;

    a server process executed by a computer for distributing the data collected by the data collector process; and

    one or more client processes executed by one or more computers for receiving the distributed data from the server process across the network, wherein the client process manages a connection with the server process on behalf of one or more performance monitoring applications and relays data requests to the server process and delivers results therefrom to the performance monitoring applications.

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