Method and apparatus for intelligent storage and reduction of network information
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving current network performance information;
comparing the current network performance information with previously received network performance information;
saving the current network performance information only if the current network performance information exceeds the previously received network performance information by a threshold amount; and
updating an identifier associated with the current network performance information if the current network performance information does not exceed the previously received network performance information by the threshold amount.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for intelligent storage and reduction of network information reduces an amount of storage space required for network information by receiving current network information and comparing the current network information with previously received network information. The current network information is saved if the current network information exceeds the previously, received network information by a threshold, and an identifier associated with the current network information is updated if the current network information does not exceed the previously received network information by the threshold.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving current network performance information;
comparing the current network performance information with previously received network performance information;
saving the current network performance information only if the current network performance information exceeds the previously received network performance information by a threshold amount; and
updating an identifier associated with the current network performance information if the current network performance information does not exceed the previously received network performance information by the threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
updating a timestamp associated with the previously received network performance information.
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4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
- periodically reducing the size of the saved network performance information.
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5. The method of claim 4, wherein the periodically reducing of the size of the saved network performance information comprises collapsing multiple data elements into a single data element.
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6. The method of claim 4, wherein the periodically reducing of the size of the saved network performance information comprises merging network performance information from multiple time periods into a single data entry.
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7. The method of claim 6, wherein the number of time periods in the multiple time periods is dependent at least in part on a difference between the network performance information in each of the multiple time periods.
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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network performance information comprises network configuration information identifying a topology of the network.
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device to store network performance information; and
a data reduction module coupled to the storage device and to receive current network performance information, to compare the current network performance information with previously received network performance information, to save the current network performance information only if the current network performance information exceeds the previously received network performance information by a threshold amount, and to update an identifier associated with the current network performance information if the current network performance information does not exceed the previously received network performance information by the threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor, to implement an operation comprising:
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receive current network performance information;
compare the current network performance information with previously received network performance information;
save the current network performance information only if the current network performance information exceeds the previously received network performance information by a threshold amount; and
update an identifier associated with the current network performance information if the current network performance information does not exceed the previously received network performance information by the threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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