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US 7,443,870 B2Granted
Method for prioritizing grouped data reduction
AssigneeOPNET Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Zioulas, Dimitris Stassinopoulos, Han C. Wen
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Abstract
Nodes of a network may be allocated to a number of logical groups thereof, and storage space within a network traffic monitoring device coupled to the network then allocated so as to ensure network traffic data for at least a minimum number of the nodes of each of the logical groups is stored.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- allocating nodes of a network to a number of logical groups thereof, wherein said nodes include devices capable of sending or receiving data over the network;
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- allocating storage space within a network traffic monitoring device coupled to the network so as to ensure network traffic data for at least a minimum number of the nodes of each of the logical groups is stored, wherein said network traffic data includes statistics regarding network traffic flow to and from said minimum number of nodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.