Methods and systems for estimating and analyzing flow activity and path performance data in cloud or distributed systems
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing network flow activity implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more network traffic management apparatuses, client devices or server devices, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more virtual resources associated with one or more servers;
acquiring flow data associated with one or more paths for one or more packets communicating between the one or more virtual resources in a first time period;
determining any recommended network flow actions by;
generating one or more flow mappings by extracting IP addresses from the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period;
analyzing the acquired flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period using the generated flow mappings; and
automatically executing any recommended network flow action on one or more flows.
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Abstract
Virtual resources associated with an execution of a user'"'"'s applications in a cloud or distributed resource configuration including virtual or physical machines, network services and storage are identified. A source and destination virtual machine, utilized by the user'"'"'s applications, are determined, and at least one source or destination virtual machine belongs to the identified virtual resources. Measurement software for a virtual machine is downloaded. The measurement software acquires data for connections established in a transport layer for communicating between the source and destination virtual machine. Data acquired from the measurement software is received at a first time, and the data includes measurements of variables for the data communications via the connections. Based upon the measurements, metrics that characterize the data communications at a first time are generated. Measurements made at an additional number of times are also received. Based upon the measurements, metrics are generated as a function of time.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing network flow activity implemented by a network traffic management system comprising one or more network traffic management apparatuses, client devices or server devices, the method comprising:
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identifying one or more virtual resources associated with one or more servers; acquiring flow data associated with one or more paths for one or more packets communicating between the one or more virtual resources in a first time period; determining any recommended network flow actions by; generating one or more flow mappings by extracting IP addresses from the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period; analyzing the acquired flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period using the generated flow mappings; and automatically executing any recommended network flow action on one or more flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 12, 16)
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5. A network traffic management apparatus, comprising a memory with programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:
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identify one or more virtual resources associated with one or more servers; acquire flow data associated with one or more paths for one or more packets communicating between the one or more virtual resources in a first time period; determine any recommended network flow actions by; generating one or more flow mappings by extracting IP addresses from the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period; and analyzing the acquired flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period using the generated flow mappings; and automatically execute any recommended network flow action on one or more flows. - View Dependent Claims (6, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for analyzing network flow activity, comprising executable code which when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
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identify one or more virtual resources associated with one or more servers; acquire flow data associated with one or more paths for one or more packets communicating between the one or more virtual resources in a first time period; determine any recommended network flow actions by; generating one or more flow mappings by extracting IP addresses from the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period, analyzing the acquired flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period using the generated flow mappings; and automatically execute any recommended network flow action on one or more flows. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 18)
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19. A network traffic management system, comprising one or more traffic management apparatuses, client devices, or server devices, the network traffic management system comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored thereon and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the stored programmed instructions to:
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identify one or more virtual resources associated with one or more servers; acquire flow data associated with one or more paths for one or more packets communicating between the one or more virtual resources in a first time period; determine any recommended network flow actions by; generating one or more flow mappings by extracting IP addresses from the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period; analyzing the flow data associated with the one or more paths in the first time period using the generated flow mappings; and automatically execute any recommended network flow action on one or more flows. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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