Synchronization of performance data in distributed computer environments
US6453359B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3419
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention describes a method to synchronize performance data in a computer network system. All specified performance data of a single system collected by way of a network-wide uniformly clocked scanning interval are sorted according to their interval start time in ascending order and their actual scanning intervals in descending order. The first items of performance data sorted form the first common interval. All subsequent performance data are assigned to that interval, provided the mid point of their actual scanning interval falls within the common interval. The performance data which are no longer assigned to the first interval form the basis for a subsequent interval. The method is continued until all performance data are assigned to a common interval. The advantages of the present invention lie in the fact that the synchronized performance data are displayable in tabular form unambiguously and without gaps, and thus are available for postprocessing, for example as a bar chart. Manual evaluation is no longer necessary. The performance data can be subjected with no manual editing to a test and control program which evaluates the performance data and adapts the single…
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