Abnormality indicator of a desired group of resource elements
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring a plurality of resource elements of interest, said method comprising:
- receiving from a user, data representing said plurality of resource elements, a set of attributes and a corresponding limit value corresponding to each of said attributes;
polling each of said plurality of resource elements to determine present value of each of said attributes;
determining deviations from corresponding baseline thresholds in operation of each of said plurality of resource elements, wherein said determining comprises comparing the present values with a corresponding limit value to determine whether said deviation is present; and
computing an Abnormality Index for all of said plurality of resource elements from the determined deviations.
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Abstract
A monitoring system provided according to an aspect of the present invention enables a user to specify one or more resource elements as a group, and compute an Abnormality Index that represents the deviation from a baseline operation of these selected resource elements. In an embodiment, the Abnormality Index is computed as a single number. The user may include any desired attributes of each resource element to be considered in determining deviations. The Abnormality Index represents the number of deviations, the seriousness of deviation (e.g., more serious if deviation relates to unavailability of the resource element), and the extent of deviation (i.e., whether the deviation is based on expected operation for hourly, daily or weekly duration).
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1. A method of monitoring a plurality of resource elements of interest, said method comprising:
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receiving from a user, data representing said plurality of resource elements, a set of attributes and a corresponding limit value corresponding to each of said attributes; polling each of said plurality of resource elements to determine present value of each of said attributes; determining deviations from corresponding baseline thresholds in operation of each of said plurality of resource elements, wherein said determining comprises comparing the present values with a corresponding limit value to determine whether said deviation is present; and
computing an Abnormality Index for all of said plurality of resource elements from the determined deviations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for causing a network monitoring system to monitor a plurality of resource elements of interest, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said network monitoring system causes said one or more processors to perform the actions of:
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receiving from a user, data representing said plurality of resource elements, a set of attributes and a corresponding limit value corresponding to each of said attributes; polling each of said plurality of resource elements to determine present value of each of said attributes; determining deviations from corresponding baseline thresholds in operation of each of said plurality of resource elements, wherein said determining comprises comparing the present values with a corresponding limit value to determine whether said deviation is present; and
computing an Abnormality Index for all of said plurality of resource elements from the determined deviations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for monitoring a plurality of resource elements of interest, said system comprising:
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means for receiving from a user, data representing said plurality of resource elements a set of attributes and a corresponding limit value corresponding to each of said attributes;
means for polling each of said plurality of resource elements to determine present value of each of said attributes;means for determining deviations from corresponding baseline thresholds in operation of each of said plurality of resource elements, wherein said determining comprises comparing the present values with a corresponding limit value to determine whether said deviation is present; and means for computing an Abnormality Index for all of said plurality of resource elements from the determined deviations.
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