Apparatus, system, and method for dynamic adjustment of performance monitoring

An apparatus for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“SAN”) components, the apparatus comprising:

• an initial violation module configured to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
• a violation entry module configured to record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
• an entry adjustment module configured to adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
• an analysis module configured to analyze the component violation entry based on analysis criteria;
• and
• a suspicion adjustment module configured to adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry
• wherein each of the initial violation module, violation entry module, entry adjustment module, analysis module, and suspicion adjustment module comprise one or more of hardware and executable code stored on a computer readable medium.

A system for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“SAN”) components, the system comprising:

• a storage area network comprising at least one data storage device;
• a processor communicating with the storage area network;
• a memory communicating with the processor, the memory comprising
• an initial violation module configured to determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
• a violation entry module configured to record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
• an entry adjustment module configured to adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
• an analysis module configured to analyze the component violation entry based on analysis of the component violation entry;
• a suspicion adjustment module configured to adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis criteria;
• and
• a suspicion response module configured to respond based on the suspicion variable crossing a suspicion threshold.

A method for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“SAN”) components, the method comprising:

• determining that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
• recording a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
• adjusting a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
• adjusting a suspicion variable a large amount, the suspicion variable adjusted a large amount being associated with the component violation entry of a SAN component directly related to the SAN component responsible for the threshold violation;
• adjusting a suspicion variable a small amount, the suspicion variable adjusted a small amount being associated with the component violation entry of a SAN component indirectly related to the SAN component responsible for the threshold violation;
• decreasing a suspicion variable associated with a component violation entry in response to expiration of a time limit associated with the component violation entry;
• and
• removing the component violation entry with the expired time limit in response to the suspicion variable associated with the component violation entry with the expired time limit decreasing below a monitoring threshold.

A method for dynamically adjusting performance monitoring of storage area network (“SAN”) components, the method comprising:

• accessing a SAN;
• executing a monitoring software utility to monitor SAN components, the monitoring software utility configured to
• determine that a threshold violation associated with a SAN component is an initial threshold violation;
• record a component violation entry in response to the initial threshold violation;
• adjust a component violation entry associated with a SAN component in response to a threshold violation related to the SAN component;
• analyze the component violation entry based on analysis criteria;
• and
• adjust a suspicion variable associated with the SAN component in response to results of the analysis of the component violation entry;
• analyzing the suspicion variable;
• and
• reporting the suspicion variable.