Middlebox reliability
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNavendu Jain, Rahul Potharaju
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Abstract
The discussion relates to middlebox reliability. One example can apply event filters to a dataset of middlebox error reports to separate redundant middlebox error reports from a remainder of the middlebox error reports of the dataset. The example can categorize the remainder of the middlebox error reports of the dataset by middlebox device type. The example can also generate a graphical user interface that conveys past reliability and predicted future reliability for an individual model of an individual middlebox device type.
Claims20
At least one computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts, comprising:
- obtaining a set of middlebox error reports;
- separating spurious and duplicate middlebox error reports from a filtered sub-set of the middlebox error reports;
- correlating the filtered sub-set of the middlebox error reports with other middlebox-related data to produce correlated data;
- and,
- performing inference analysis on the correlated data to estimate middlebox reliability.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- applying event filters to a dataset of middlebox error reports to separate redundant middlebox error reports from a remainder of the middlebox error reports of the dataset;
- categorizing the remainder of the middlebox error reports of the dataset by middlebox device type;
- and,
- generating a graphical user interface that conveys past reliability and predicted future reliability for an individual model of an individual middlebox device type.
A system, comprising:
- an event analysis component configured to evaluate datacenter middlebox error reports that relate to multiple types of middlebox devices and multiple models within an individual middlebox device type, and wherein the event analysis component is further configured to evaluate the middlebox device types and models from both a datacenter site-up perspective and a datacenter cost-down perspective.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.