Method and system for auto-adjusting thresholds for efficient monitoring of system metrics
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsDinesh Rao, Seshadri Chatterjee
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Abstract
Automatically setting a new threshold for a computer metric by detecting a first threshold for the computer metric, continuously taking measurements of the value of the computer metric at a predetermined rate, calculating the average of the measurements of the value of the computer metric over a predetermined time period, and calculating a second threshold for the computer metric based on the average of the values of the measurements. Calculating the second threshold may comprise establishing a base value for the threshold, establishing a maximum deviation of the threshold, and determining the average of the value of the measurements with respect to the base value and the maximum deviation.
Claims21
A method of automatically setting a new threshold for a computer metric, the method comprising:
- using at least one computer processor,
- detecting a threshold for the computer metric;
- continuously taking measurements of the value of the computer metric at a predetermined rate;
- calculating the average of the measurements of the value of the computer metric over a predetermined time period;
- and
- calculating the new threshold for the computer metric based on the average of the measurements over the predetermined time period.
The method of claim I. wherein the continuously taking measurements of the value of the computer metric at a predetermined rate comprises taking measurements of the value over a first time period and calculating the average of the measurements of the value that are taken over the first time period, and wherein the calculating the average of the measurements of the value of the computer metric over a predetermined time period comprises calculating, over the predetermined time period, the average of the average of the measurements that are taken over the first time period.
The method of claim I wherein the base value is set by a system administrator.
The method of claim I wherein the maximum deviation is set by a system administrator.
A machine-readable storage device having embedded therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the machine, causes the machine to execute the following operations:
- detecting a threshold for the computer metric;
- continuously taking measurements of the value of the computer metric at a predetermined rate;
- calculating the average of the measurements of the value of the computer metric over a predetermined time period;
- and
- calculating the new threshold for the computer metric based on the average of the measurements over the predetermined time period.
A system for automatically calculating a threshold for a computer metric, the system comprising:
- at least one computer processor configured to,
- detect a first threshold for the computer metric;
- take continuous measurements of the value of the computer metric at a predetermined rate;
- calculate the average of the measured values of the computer metric over a predetermined time period;
- and
- calculate a second threshold for the computer metric based on the average of the measurements of the computer metric over the predetermined time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.