Time-series database setup automatic generation method, setup automatic generation system and monitoring server

A time-series database configuration automatic generation method in a data search system which includes a time-series database storing time-series data of a plurality of monitoring targets, where each of the monitoring targets respectively comprises a tenant, a data type, and one or more names that identify equipment of the tenant, and a monitoring server using the time-series database, and the monitoring server stores configuration information for the time-series data and stores policy information for each of the respective monitoring targets which include metrics that describe conditions required to be met by a request to change the configuration information of the time-series data, the method comprising:

• managing the configuration information regarding a kind and a conservation format of the time-series data which is stored for each of the monitoring targets,
• generating a proposal to change the configuration information including time information regarding each of the monitoring targets based on current configuration information of the time-series database, an operation history of the time-series data, and an amount of the time-series data;
• generating metrics which quantify effects of the proposal to change the configuration information for each of the monitoring targets;
• comparing the metrics in the policy information with the generated metrics of the proposal to change the configuration information;
• judging whether the proposal to change the configuration information satisfies the policy information;
• when the policy information is satisfied, displaying the generated metrics together with the proposal to change the configuration information on a terminal of an operations manager of the tenant for each of the monitoring targets;
• requesting approval or rejection of the operations manager of the tenant for the proposal displayed on the terminal;
• registering the change to the configuration information as new configuration information after approval by the operations manager of the tenant;
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• displaying on the terminal of the operations manager of the tenant difference information of the metrics in the policy information and the generated metrics of the proposal, and an increase or decrease amount of a charged amount to a manager of the tenant corresponding to the difference information.

A monitoring server using a time-series database, the time-series database storing time-series data of a plurality of monitoring targets, where each of the monitoring targets respectively comprises a tenant, a data type, and one or more names that identify equipment of the tenant, the monitoring server comprising:

• a processor connected to the time-series database;
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• a memory connected to the processor and which stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:
• store configuration information for the time-series data and store policy information for each of the respective monitoring targets which include metrics that describe conditions required to be met by a request to change the configuration information of the time-series data,
• store the time-series data in the time-series database for the monitoring targets according to the configuration information and search the time-series data stored in the time-series database,
• manage the configuration information regarding a kind and a conservation format of the time-series data which is stored for each of the monitoring targets,
• generate a proposal to change the configuration information including time information regarding each of the monitoring targets based on current configuration information of the time-series database, an operation history of the time-series data, and an amount of the time-series data,
• generate metrics which quantify effects of the proposal to change the configuration information for each of the monitoring targets,
• compare the metrics in the policy information with the generated metrics of the proposal to change the configuration information,
• judge whether the proposal to change the configuration information satisfies the policy information,
• when the policy information is satisfied, display the generated metrics together with the proposal to change the configuration information on a terminal of an operations manager of the tenant for each of the monitoring targets, and
• generate and display difference information of the metrics in the policy information and the generated metrics of the proposal, and information on an increase or decrease of the charged amount to the tenant corresponding to the difference information on the terminal of the operations manager of the tenant.