Network, system, and application monitoring
OwnerIrfan Khan, Mitchell Coopet +2inventors
InventorsIrfan Khan, Mitchell Coopet, Matthew Dornquast, Richard Baker
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for monitoring systems, networks, and applications. One method includes internally monitoring a network using a diskless and fanless hardware device. The method includes externally monitoring the network using a stateless connection and communicating internal network monitoring information to a third party data center using the stateless connection. The external monitoring information and internal monitoring information on the network is then converged into a unified view.
Claims30
A network device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes program instructions storable by the memory and executable by the processor to:
- monitor a network internally;
- and
- report information collected by the device to an external data center using a stateless connection.
A monitoring system, comprising:
- an internal monitoring device connected to a network inside of the network's firewall without changes to the network's software or firewall;
- a remote data center including program instructions that execute to analyze and present through a published website monitoring information received internally and externally from the network;
- and
- means to externally monitor the network and to communicate internal network monitoring information to the data center in a stateless manner.
A method for network monitoring, comprising:
- internally monitoring a network using a diskless and fanless hardware device;
- externally monitoring the network using a stateless connection;
- communicating internal network monitoring information to a third party data center using the stateless connection;
- and
- converging external monitoring information and internal monitoring information on the network into a unified view.
A computer readable medium having instructions executable for causing a device to perform a method, comprising:
- storing dependencies which reflect how various network entities interrelate and how a network event on one entity effects other entities on a particular local area network (LAN) and a particular wide area network (WAN);
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- applying weighted metrics to information received from internal network monitoring and external network monitoring to recognize issues within a network based on the stored dependencies.
A method for facilitating network monitoring, comprising:
- making available a hardware device useable for internal network monitoring, wherein the device is connectable to a network without requiring any software reconfiguration to the network, and wherein the device can exchange information with a data center external to the network in a stateless manner;
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- facilitating a purchase of the device via a website.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.