Self-Spawning Probe in a Distributed Computing Environment

摘要

According to one embodiment, a system includes probes operable to monitor information associated with a host device and includes a controller operable to control the probes. A first probe instance is associated with a plurality of monitoring modules. Each monitoring module is operable to monitor information associated with the host device. The first probe instance is operable to determine a resource usage associated with the first probe instance and determine whether the resource usage exceeds a threshold. The first probe instance is operable to divide the plurality of monitoring modules into a first subset of monitoring modules and a second subset of monitoring modules. The first probe instance is operable to spawn a second probe instance, wherein the second probe instance is associated with the second subset of monitoring modules. The first probe module is operable to associate the first probe instance with the first subset of monitoring modules.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
monitoring, by a processor, resource usage associated with a first probe instance, the first probe instance being associated with a plurality of monitoring modules, each monitoring module operable to monitor information associated with a host device; determining, by a processor, the resource usage exceeds a threshold; dividing, by the processor, the plurality of monitoring modules into a first subset of monitoring modules and a second subset of monitoring modules; spawning, by the processor, a second probe instance, wherein the second probe instance is associated with the second subset of monitoring modules; and associating, by the processor, the first probe instance with the first subset of monitoring modules.