Method, apparatus and program storage device for extending dispersion frame technique behavior using dynamic rule sets
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael A. Jastad, Thomas G. Phelan, Brent W. Yardley
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing control of statistical processing of error data over a multitude of sources using a dynamically modifiable DFT rule set is disclosed. The dispersion frame technique is extended in the present invention to provide dispersion frame rules with user-defined parameters thereby creating a dynamically modifiable rule set.
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A method for providing error data processing having user-defined parameters, comprising:
- applying user-defined error thresholds to a plurality of user-definable error threshold rules;
- processing error events of a same type, including detecting a plurality of errors from a source and calculating a time period between the plurality of errors;
- storing information related to the processed error events;
- determining when one of the plurality of user-definable error threshold rules has been satisfied based on the stored information, including determining that the detected plurality of errors satisfies a user-defined error dispersion index number, wherein the error dispersion index is the number of errors in half of the time period between errors of the same type;
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- reaching the user-defined error dispersion index number a user-defined number of times consecutively in the same time period between errors of the same type.
A method for providing error data processing having user-defined parameters, comprising:
- applying user-defined error thresholds to a plurality of user-definable error threshold rules;
- processing error events of a same type, including detecting a plurality of errors from a source and calculating a time period between the plurality of errors;
- storing information related to the processed error events;
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- determining when one of the plurality of user-definable error threshold rules has been satisfied based on the stored information, wherein the step of determining comprises determining that the detected plurality of errors satisfies a user-defined error dispersion index number, wherein the error dispersion index is the number of errors in half of the time period between errors of the same type.
A method for providing error data processing having user-defined parameters, comprising:
- applying user-defined error thresholds to a plurality of user-definable error threshold rules;
- processing error events of a same type;
- storing information related to the processed error events;
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- determining when one of the plurality of user-definable error threshold rules has been satisfied based on the stored information, wherein the step of determining comprises determining that a user-defined number of periods of time between errors occurs at a non-increasing rate, and wherein errors occurring at a non-increasing rate further comprises a user-defined number of errors occurring within half of a previous period of time between errors.
A method for providing error data processing having user-defined parameters, comprising:
- applying user-defined error thresholds to a plurality of user-definable error threshold rules;
- processing error events of a same type, including detecting a plurality of errors from a source and calculating a time period between the plurality of errors;
- storing information related to the processed error events;
- determining when one of the plurality of user-definable error threshold rules has been satisfied based on the stored information, including determining that the detected plurality of errors satisfies a user-defined error dispersion index number, wherein the error dispersion index is the number of errors in half of the time period between errors of the same type;
- reaching the user-defined error dispersion index number a user-defined number of times consecutively in the same time period between errors of the same type;
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- satisfying the user defined error dispersion index number a user-defined number of times consecutively in two successive dispersion frames.
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