Identifying files associated with a workflow
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnna Povzner, Kimberly Keeton, Marcos K. Aguilera, Arif A. Merchant, Charles B. Morrey, III, Mustafa Uysal
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Abstract
To determine files associated with one or more workflows, a trace of accesses of files in at least one server is received. The files are grouped into at least one set of files, where the files in the set are accessed together more than a predetermined number of times in the trace. Files associated with the particular workflow are identified based on the at least one set.
Claims21
A method of determining files associated with one or more workflows, comprising:
- receiving a trace of accesses of files in at least one server;
- grouping the files into at least one set of files, wherein the files in the set are accessed together more than a predetermined number of times in the trace;
- and
- identifying files associated with a particular workflow based on the at least one set;
- and
- dividing the trace into a plurality of trace fragments, wherein grouping the files into the at least one set of files comprises grouping the files into the at least one set of files that appear together in more than the predetermined number of trace fragments.
A method of determining files associated with one or more workflows, comprising:
- receiving a trace of accesses of files in at least one server;
- grouping the files into plural sets of files, wherein each set includes files that appear together more than a predetermined number of times in the trace;
- and
- identifying files associated with a particular workflow based on the plural sets of files.
A method of identifying a file signature associated with a workflow, comprising:
- receiving a trace of accesses of files in at least one server;
- dividing the trace into plural trace fragments;
- performing frequent file set extraction to identify file sets, the file sets containing corresponding collections of files that appear in multiple ones of the trace fragments;
- and
- identifying files associated with the workflow based on the file sets.
An article comprising at least one storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a computer to:
- receive a trace of accesses of files in at least one server;
- group the files into plural sets of files, wherein the files in each of the sets are accessed together more than a predetermined number of times in the trace;
- and
- identify files associated with a particular workflow based on the plural sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.