System for data archiving and system behavior prediction

• US 8,189,484 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard D. Reich Jr
• Original Assignee: Richard D. Reich Jr
• Inventors: Reich, Richard D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferris, Derrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): YEUNG, MANG HANG
• Application Number:
  US11/411,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20060240990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,225 Days
• Field of Search: 505/126, 370241-253, 709206-224
• US Class Current: 370/241
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/008 Reliability or availability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup

Abstract

An electronic data analysis, storage, and retrievable system includes a verification capability for verifying the integrity of the system'"'"'s operational health. An operation monitoring mechanism continuously monitors the system'"'"'s operation. A collection mechanism contains relevant system data. The system further includes a storage ability for archiving system data. A media verification mechanism verifies the integrity and authenticity of storage media. Finally, a data analysis mechanism analyzes and compares archived system information.

Claims

1. An electronic data analysis, storage, and retrieval system comprising:

a verification device for verifying integrity of a system'"'"'s operational health;

a operation monitor for continuously monitoring a system'"'"'s operation;

a data collector for obtaining relevant system data;

a storage device for archiving system data;

a media verification device for verifying integrity and authenticity of a storage media;

a data analyzer for analyzing and comparing archived system information;

a quantification device for measuring a value of a given piece of backup data and meta-data and attributing the value to said given piece of backup data and meta-data, wherein the meta-data indicates at least one of time it take to do each backup, the size of each backup, a number of files back up, and a number of directories backed up for a backup process;

a notification device for notifying abnormalities of the backup process based on a comparison between the meta-data and a historical average; and

a warning device for altering or reporting results of the quantification device to an operator.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said verification device is defined as a verification system for obtaining relevant system operation information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said verification system includes a software program which compares and verifies current system operation information against typical system operation information.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said verification system further includes validation means for validating the identity of a given computer or system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said operation monitor is defined as a monitoring system for continuously monitoring a system'"'"'s operational health.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system includes a software program for computing system diagnostic information, an electronic communication interface for communicating said diagnostic information to a remote monitoring system, and a remote monitoring system for monitoring the computed diagnostic information.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system further includes a software program for continuous real-time analysis of communicated system diagnostic information.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system further includes a notification system for notifying relevant parties of abnormalities in computed diagnostic information.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system further includes a data archive for storing all previously computed system diagnostic information.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein said monitoring system further includes a locally residing software program for computing system diagnostic information, and an electronic communication interface for communicating said diagnostic information to a monitoring system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said data collector is defined as a system for obtaining relevant system data.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage device is defined as a storage system for archiving system data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said storage system includes a data storage medium.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said storage system further includes an intermediate storage area for storing recent system information and data backups.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said media verification device is defined as a media verification system for verifying the integrity and authenticity of storage media.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said media verification system includes a software program for checking the integrity and identity of the data storage media.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said media verification system further includes a software program for assigning a unique ID to all data storage media.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said media verification system further includes an archiving system for storing data related to the operation of the data storage media.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said data analyzer is defined as a data analysis system for analyzing and comparing archived system information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said data analysis system includes a software program for calculating the relevance of data from a historical perspective.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said data analysis system further includes a qualification system for identifying useful data.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said qualification system further includes analyzing a given piece of data from a historical perspective, based on archived system data.

23. The system of claim 21, further including a computation program for evaluating the change and rate of change in a set of accumulated system data.

24. The system of claim 21, further including a computation program for computing the significance of a given piece of data.

25. The system of claim 21, further including an alert system for notification of significant system computations.