Statistical data inspector
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1. A computer for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising:
- a storage memory;
said computer configured for a management console function; and
said computer configured for at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function said at least one statistical inspector remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collecting, storing in said storage, and manipulating time-based data at said associated network element;
said management console function comprising a bin mechanism for collapsing said time-based data stored by said at least one statistical inspector for said network element to identify an historical trend in connection with said network element and/or said plurality of network elements;
wherein said at least one statistical inspector comprises;
a binning structure for storing said time-based data as time based measurements;
wherein each of said time based measurements is stored within a bin that represents a discrete interval of time;
wherein said binning structure comprises;
a first series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for a first discrete interval of time; and
at least one additional series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for at least one additional, different discrete interval of time;
wherein said time-based data are stored in one or more statistical bins and wherein said management console function combines minute bins every hour into hour bins and hour bins into day bins and wherein the contents of the bins are any of;
stored locally, reported to a remote management console, and purged, for reducing data storage requirements while consolidating data and preserving the statistical nature of said data; and
said statistical inspector using a least-squares method to fit a line through data in a particular bin or a line through the logarithms of the data in the bin to provide a statistical projection that is used in identifying said historical trend.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a technique that allows the collection, storage, and manipulation of data collected in a computer network.
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1. A computer for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising:
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a storage memory; said computer configured for a management console function; and said computer configured for at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function said at least one statistical inspector remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collecting, storing in said storage, and manipulating time-based data at said associated network element; said management console function comprising a bin mechanism for collapsing said time-based data stored by said at least one statistical inspector for said network element to identify an historical trend in connection with said network element and/or said plurality of network elements; wherein said at least one statistical inspector comprises; a binning structure for storing said time-based data as time based measurements; wherein each of said time based measurements is stored within a bin that represents a discrete interval of time; wherein said binning structure comprises; a first series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for a first discrete interval of time; and at least one additional series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for at least one additional, different discrete interval of time; wherein said time-based data are stored in one or more statistical bins and wherein said management console function combines minute bins every hour into hour bins and hour bins into day bins and wherein the contents of the bins are any of;
stored locally, reported to a remote management console, and purged, for reducing data storage requirements while consolidating data and preserving the statistical nature of said data; andsaid statistical inspector using a least-squares method to fit a line through data in a particular bin or a line through the logarithms of the data in the bin to provide a statistical projection that is used in identifying said historical trend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer implemented method for managing a plurality of computer network elements, comprising the steps of:
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providing, by a processor, a management console function; providing at least one statistical inspector, in communication with said management console function for remotely performing a relevance determination function in connection with an associated network element for collection, storage, and manipulation of time-based data at said associated network element; and providing an aggregational pipeline in which aggregation can occur at any of one or more points along the entire pipeline from agent samples values and sampling time, relays collecting and forwarding, servers collecting and forwarding, consoles collecting and displaying, and cross server consolidation; wherein said statistical inspector stores and forwards raw data or aggregates raw data and stores said aggregated raw data and/or forwards said aggregated raw data; wherein said statistical inspector comprises; a binning structure for storing said time-based data as time based measurements; wherein each of said time based measurements is stored within a bin that represents a discrete interval of time; wherein said binning structure comprises; a first series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for a first discrete interval of time; and at least one additional series of time stamped bins that collect time-based data for at least one additional, different discrete interval of time; wherein said management console function comprises a bin mechanism for collapsing said time-based data stored by said statistical inspector for at least one network element to identify an historical trend in connection with said network element and/or a plurality of network elements; wherein said time-based data are stored in one or more statistical bins and wherein said management console function combines minute bins every hour into hour bins and hour bins into day bins and wherein the contents of the bins are any of;
stored locally, reported to a remote management console, and purged, for reducing data storage requirements while consolidating data and preserving the statistical nature of said data; andwherein said statistical inspector uses a least-squares method to fit a line through data in a particular bin or a line through the logarithms of the data in the bin to provide a statistical projection that is used in identifying said historical trend.
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