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Computer system for managing I/O metric information by identifying one or more outliers and comparing set of aggregated I/O metrics

US9792231B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2014
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/028
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for dynamically detecting outliers in a set of input/output (I/O) metrics collected and aggregated by a storage volume network. An I/O request is received by a storage volume network, and an agent of the storage volume network associates primary and secondary identifiers with that I/O request. For example, a trace may be associated with a request to write data to a storage volume network, and spans may be associated with the individual operations required to fulfill that request. Once gathered, I/O metrics may be aggregated based on the associated identifiers. I/O metric information regarding outliers may be received from the storage volume network, processed, and published by an I/O metrics service to identify the outliers among the primary and secondary identifiers. These outliers may then be stored for further analysis, and may be utilized to determine improvements to the performance of a storage volume network.

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