PROACTIVE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS IN STORAGE AREA NETWORKS

摘要

The present subject matter relates to perform proactive monitoring and diagnostics in storage area networks (SANs). In one implementation, the method comprises depicting topology of the SAN in a graph, wherein the graph designates the devices as nodes, the connecting elements as edges, and depicts operations associated with at least one component of the nodes and edges. The method further comprises monitoring at least one parameter indicative of performance of the component to ascertain degradation of the at least one component and identifying, a hinge in the data associated with the monitoring, wherein the hinge is indicative of an initiation in degradation of the component. Based on the hinge, proactive diagnostics is preformed to compute a remaining lifetime of the at least one component. Thereafter, a notification is generated for an administrator of the SAN based on the remaining lifetime.

主权项

1. A system for proactive monitoring and diagnostics of a storage area network (SAN), comprising:
a processor ; and a multi-layer network graph generation (MLNGG) module, coupled to the processor, to generate a graph representing a topology of the SAN, the graph comprising nodes indicative of devices in the SAN, edges indicative of connecting elements between the devices, and one or more operations associated with at least one component of the nodes and edges; a monitoring module, coupled to the processor, to:
monitor at least one parameter indicative of performance of the at least one component; and a proactive diagnostics module, coupled to the processor, to:
determine a trend in data associated with the monitoring for identifying a hinge in the data, wherein the hinge is indicative of an initiation in degradation of the at least one component; andperform proactive diagnostics based on the hinge, wherein the proactive diagnostics comprise the one or more operations.