US5379406A
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Performance and measurement system which logs reduced data pertaining to groups of processes
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
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Filing: 1994-01-07
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Granted: 1995-01-03
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Expires: 2014-01-07
Abstract
Abstract A performance and measurement system can be used to evaluate a computing system. An operating system of the computing system produces performance data about individual processes running on the computing system. The performance data is collected and reduced by combining selected data from the performance data into standardized metrics to produce collected and reduced performance data. The collected and reduced performance data pertains to groups of the individual processes. The collected and reduced performance data is logged into at least one data file. The performance data is discarded.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerald T. Wade
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F11/3466; G06F11/3476; G06F11/3409
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A performance and measurement system for a multi-process computing system, the performance and measurement system measuring performance of the computing system, and the performance and measurement system comprising: performance data production means embedded within an operating system of the computing system for producing performance data about individual processes running on the computing system; at least one data file; and data collection and reduction means, coupled to the performance data production means and to the at least one data file, for receiving the performance data, reducing the performance data by combining selected data from the performance data pertaining to the individual processes into standardized metrics to produce reduced data which pertains to groups of the individual processes, discarding the performance data and logging the reduced data into the at least one data file, wherein the performance data is never logged.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A performance and measurement system for a multi-process computing system, the performance and measurement system measuring performance of the computing system, and the performance and measurement system comprising: performance data production means embedded within an operating system of the computing system for producing performance data about individual processes running on the computing system; at least one data file; and data collection and reduction means, coupled to the performance data production means and to the at least one data file, for receiving the performance data, reducing the performance data by combining selected data from the performance data pertaining to the individual processes into standardized metrics to produce reduced data which pertains to groups of the individual processes, discarding the performance data and logging the reduced data into the at least one data file, wherein the performance data is never logged.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A performance and measurement system as in claim 1 wherein the at least one file includes: a global data file into which data collection and reduction means logs information about the computing system as a whole; a process data file into which data collection and reduction means logs information about selected processes selected by the data collection and reduction means; and, a workload data file into which data collection and reduction means logs information about the groups of the individual processes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A performance and measurement system as in claim 1 additionally comprising: a user workstation; and, transport means, coupled to the at least one data file and to the user workstation for delivering data logged within the at least one data file to the user workstation.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for performance and measurement evaluation of a computing system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) producing by the operating system of the computing system initial performance data about individual processes running on the computing system; (b) collecting and reducing the initial performance data by combining selected data from the performance data into standardized metrics to produce collected and reduced performance data which pertains to groups of the individual processes; (c) logging the collected and reduced performance data into at least one data file; and, (d) discarding the initial performance data, wherein the initial performance data is discarded without ever having been logged.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for performance and measurement evaluation of a computing system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) producing by the operating system of the computing system initial performance data about individual processes running on the computing system; (b) collecting and reducing the initial performance data by combining selected data from the performance data into standardized metrics to produce collected and reduced performance data which pertains to groups of the individual processes; (c) logging the collected and reduced performance data into at least one data file; and, (d) discarding the initial performance data, wherein the initial performance data is discarded without ever having been logged.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as in claim 4 wherein step (c) includes the substeps of: (c1) pertaining to the groups of individual process into a workload data file.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as in claim 4 additionally comprising the step of: (e) presenting the collected, reduced and logged performance data to a user workstation for storage in a form accessible to a user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method as in claim 4 additionally including the step of: (e) producing standard process metrics from raw process data for processes which, during a specified interval, are started, processes which during the specified interval are terminated, and processes which during the specified interval use at least a predetermined amount of a given resource of the computing system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as in claim 7 additionally comprising the steps of: (e) logging information about the computing system as a whole into a global data file; and (f) logging the standard process metrics produced in step (e) into a process data file.
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