Kernel dump distribution across electronic devices

A first network device comprising:

• a network interface to communicate over a network with other network devices;
• and
• a controller to:
• send, to a management system, storage space information of a storage space of the first network device;
• receive, at the first network device from the management system, identification information of a collection of network devices selected from among a plurality of network devices by the management system based on network connectivity information of the plurality of network devices and storage space information of the plurality of network devices;
• and
• in response to a crash of the first network device that resulted in an operating system (OS) kernel dump being created at the first network device:
• partition the OS kernel dump across multiple network devices selected from the collection of network devices identified by the identification information received from the management system, the partitioning producing multiple OS kernel dump segments, and
• distribute, over the network, the multiple OS kernel dump segments to respective network devices of the multiple network devices.

A method comprising:

• sending, by a first network device to a management system, storage space information of a storage space of the first network device;
• receiving, at the first network device from the management system, identification information of a collection of network devices selected from among a plurality of network devices by the management system based on network connectivity information of the plurality of network devices and storage space information of the plurality of network devices;
• and
• based on a crash of the first network device that resulted in an operating system (OS) kernel dump being created at the first network device:
• partitioning, by the first network device, the OS kernel dump across multiple network devices selected from the collection of network devices identified by the identification information received from the management system, the partitioning producing multiple OS kernel dump segments, and
• distributing, by the first network device over a network, the multiple OS kernel dump segments to respective network devices of the multiple network devices.