Memory error monitor

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for the active real-time monitoring of memory errors, the method comprising the steps of monitoring a plurality of compute nodes within a computing system for memory errors by at least one performance counter, monitoring the at least one performance counter, wherein the at least one performance counter is monitored by the use of an external monitoring application, the external monitoring application being configured to monitor the at least one performance counter by the use of a JTAG network, and acquiring sample values of memory error data that have accumulated at the at least one performance counter. The method further comprises the steps of determining if a predetermined amount of memory errors has occurred at the plurality of compute nodes, and notifying a computing system administrator in the event that the predetermined amount of memory errors has occurred.

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