Health trend analysis method on utilization of network resources
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1. In a network of multi-processors having a series of local systems operated by Client-Users wherein a series of defined operating policies (P) are stored along with acceptable parameter limits for each policy, a method for developing a health trend analysis of future possible problems in network resources comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing a health counter value for the allowable upper boundary “
U”
for a selected operating policy (P);
(b) accessing a health counter value for the allowable lower boundary “
L”
for said selected operating policy (P);
(c) establishing, via a trend counter, a trend of upward or downward increases or decreases in the availability of system resources which includes the steps of;
(c1) collecting data points, in a sample set “
N”
where “
N”
is the number of collected data points;
(c2) verifying that the number of collected data points is=“
N”
,(c3) calculating the average percent difference “
A”
which represents the cumulative difference between each data point and the one just before it for all points in the set;
(c4) multiplying the average difference “
A”
by the number “
N”
of data points to get a result A*N;
(c5) calculating a common sense value “
C”
by finding the percent difference between the first value and the last value of the sample set;
(c6) establishing whether the product A*N is greater than said lower boundary “
L” and
less than said upper boundary “
U”
;
(c7) preparing a summary of step (c6);
(d) acquiring a series of data points associated with said selected policy (P);
(e) setting a counter limit “
TCL”
(Trend Counter Limit) to a value specified for the selected policy (P).
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for monitoring various data sources for events indicative of a current or potential system health problem, thereby detecting positive or negative trends in system health data. At the core of this module is an algorithm that analyzes a series of data points that have been collected into sample sets over time.
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1. In a network of multi-processors having a series of local systems operated by Client-Users wherein a series of defined operating policies (P) are stored along with acceptable parameter limits for each policy, a method for developing a health trend analysis of future possible problems in network resources comprising the steps of:
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(a) accessing a health counter value for the allowable upper boundary “
U”
for a selected operating policy (P);(b) accessing a health counter value for the allowable lower boundary “
L”
for said selected operating policy (P);(c) establishing, via a trend counter, a trend of upward or downward increases or decreases in the availability of system resources which includes the steps of; (c1) collecting data points, in a sample set “
N”
where “
N”
is the number of collected data points;(c2) verifying that the number of collected data points is=“
N”
,(c3) calculating the average percent difference “
A”
which represents the cumulative difference between each data point and the one just before it for all points in the set;(c4) multiplying the average difference “
A”
by the number “
N”
of data points to get a result A*N;(c5) calculating a common sense value “
C”
by finding the percent difference between the first value and the last value of the sample set;(c6) establishing whether the product A*N is greater than said lower boundary “
L” and
less than said upper boundary “
U”
;(c7) preparing a summary of step (c6); (d) acquiring a series of data points associated with said selected policy (P); (e) setting a counter limit “
TCL”
(Trend Counter Limit) to a value specified for the selected policy (P). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a multi-processor network holding multiple numbers of “
- local systems”
which monitor themselves to create a collection of health events and predictive events and which include operating policies (P) to be effectuated a system for sensing future trends which predict future problems which may occur in system resources comprising;(a) means to initialize an algorithm for a specified health trend policy; (b) means to collect a sample set of data points using a counter at X points in a time interval sampling period; (c) means for calculating a value which represents the general increase or decrease in the allocation-utilization of a monitored resource; (d) means for calculating the average “
A”
percent difference of the values in the current sample set;(e) means to determine that the value “
A”
falls between a low boundary value “
L” and
an upper boundary value “
U”
for the selected policy involved;(f) means to utilize a trend counter limit (TCL) to determine if the number of collected sample sets exceeds the TCL value, and, if so; (g) means to indicate that the value of the monitored health index for that resource is in a “
steady state” and
there is no trend involved. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
- local systems”
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