System and method for stateless, fault tolerance and load balanced data collection using overlay namespaces

A system for monitoring a resource, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions configured to implement,
• a monitoring agent configured to detect a resource to be monitored by a first monitoring node in a resource monitoring cluster, the resource monitoring cluster having a plurality of monitoring nodes including at least the first monitoring node and a second monitoring node,
• wherein the first monitoring node has a namespace including an overlay namespace and a local namespace, the local namespace including at least one first object of a first monitored resource by the first monitoring node, the overlay namespace including links to namespaces of other monitoring nodes in the resource monitoring cluster including a link to a namespace of the second monitoring node, the link including a local viewpoint of the namespace of the second monitoring node providing at least one second object of a second monitored resource by the second monitoring node;
• the monitoring agent configured to issue a creation request for creating an object for the resource to be monitored by the first monitoring node to the plurality of monitoring nodes having linked namespaces in the overlap namespace;
• the monitoring agent configured to receive responses to the creation request from the plurality of monitoring nodes having the linked namespaces in the overlap namespace;
• the monitoring agent configured to determine the allowability of the creation request based on the responses;
• the monitoring agent configured to create the object for the resource to be monitored by the first monitoring mode if determined to be allowable;
• and
• the monitoring agent configured to map the created object to the local namespace of the first monitoring node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to monitor a resource, the instructions comprising instructions to:

• detect a resource to be monitored by a first monitoring node in a resource monitoring cluster, the resource monitoring cluster having a plurality of monitoring nodes including at least the first monitoring node and a second monitoring node,
• wherein the first monitoring node has a namespace including an overlay namespace and a local namespace, the local namespace including at least one first object of a first monitored resource by the first monitoring node, the overlay namespace including links to namespaces of other monitoring nodes in the resource monitoring cluster including a link to a namespace of the second monitoring node, the link including a local viewpoint of the namespace of the second monitoring node providing at least one second object of a second monitored resource by the second monitoring node;
• issue a creation request for creating an object for the resource to be monitored by the first monitoring node to the plurality of monitoring nodes having linked namespaces in the overlap namespace;
• receive responses to the creation request from the plurality of monitoring nodes having the linked namespaces in the overlap namespace;
• determine the allowability of the creation request based on the responses;
• create the object for the resource to be monitored by the first monitoring mode if determined to be allowable;
• and
• map the created object to the local namespace of the first monitoring node.