Visualizing data center inventory and entity relationships
US10872120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system can provide a visual representation of an inventory of data entities for a distributed computing system. Inventory data including cost and operational data for data entities such as data centers, servers, and virtual machines, can be converted into a format file. The format file can be used to create a tree of nodes and node summaries corresponding to the data entities. A user interface can display hierarchical and isolated views of the tree revealing parent child relationships between data entities within a computing system infrastructure. Node summaries including cost and utilization data can be displayed to reveal how specific sub-costs such as labor and licensing, are driven by data entities in one level of the infrastructure and pushed to respective parent or child data entities in other levels. Views of the tree can be used to determine areas of inefficiency or reduced value within the computing system.
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