SCALABLE NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM

摘要

A scaleable network monitoring system is discussed. The network monitoring system identifies network monitoring information for the network elements being monitored. By storing only a non-redundant subset of the identified network information in memory, the network monitoring system is able to monitor a much larger group of network elements than is possible with conventional monitoring systems which are burdened by memory constraints. The scaleable network monitoring system also employs a multi-threaded architecture that dynamically spawns an array of multi-technology monitoring sub-systems.

主权项

1. A non-transitory medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing scalable network monitoring that when executed by a computing device:
provide a network monitoring facility that includes a plurality of monitoring resources, the network monitoring facility monitoring a plurality of network elements communicating over a network with the plurality of monitoring resources; and dynamically spawn at least one additional monitoring resource based on a response time of at least one of the plurality of network elements in responding to a request initiated by the network monitoring facility, the at least one additional monitoring resource spawned by at least one of the plurality of monitoring resources.