Systems and Methods For Monitoring And Analyzing Performance In A Computer System With Severity-State Sorting

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for displaying performance data for a computing environment, the method comprising:

• determining values for a performance metric for a plurality of entities that comprise the computing environment;
• and
• displaying the computing environment as a tree comprising nodes representing the plurality of entities and edges representing parent-child relationships between the plurality of entities;
• wherein while displaying the tree, displaying the child nodes for each parent node includes,
• determining a sorted order for the child nodes based on values of the performance metric associated with the child nodes, and
• displaying the child nodes in the sorted order.

A system that displays performance data for a computing environment, the system comprising:

• a computing cluster comprising a plurality of processors and associated memories;
• and
• a performance-monitoring mechanism that executes on the computing cluster and is configured to,
• determine values for a performance metric:
• for a plurality of entities that comprise the computing environment;
• and
• display the computing environment as a tree comprising nodes representing the plurality of entities and edges representing parent-child relationships between the plurality of entities;
• wherein while displaying the tree, the performance-monitoring system is configured to display the child nodes for each parent node by,
• determining a sorted order for the child nodes based on values of the performance metric associated with the child nodes, and
• displaying the child nodes in the sorted order.