DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A method for outputting a usage history of a system that includes resources having virtual machines, storage devices, networks, and a backup device, and that includes a storage device storing first usage history information, the method includes designating a usage combination of the resources, specifying clients who use the resources of the system in a combination similar to the usage combination within a range of a threshold, extracting the first usage history information corresponding to each of the clients from the storage device, categorizing one or more clients, among the clients, having similar time-series changes in the first usage history information into an identical group based on a similarity between the time-series changes in the first usage history information of the clients, and outputting second usage history information indicating a time-series change of the first usage history information.

主权项

1. A method for outputting a usage history of a system that includes resources having a plurality of virtual machines, a plurality of information storage devices, a plurality of networks, and a backup device, and that includes a storage device storing first usage history information indicating usage of the resources for each client, the method comprising:
designating a usage combination of the resources that include the plurality of virtual machines, the plurality of information storage devices, the plurality of networks, and the backup device; specifying clients who use the resources of the system in a combination similar to the usage combination within a range of a predetermined threshold; extracting the first usage history information corresponding to each of the clients from the storage device; categorizing one or more clients, among the clients, having similar time-series changes in the first usage history information into an identical group based on a similarity between the time-series changes in the first usage history information of the clients; and outputting, as the usage history, second usage history information indicating a time-series change of the first usage history information of the one or more clients categorized in the identical group respectively.