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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Randal Lee Bertram, Raleigh, NC (US);
Margherita LaFauci, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Dawn Ashley Comfort, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for requesting, providing, and displaying data relating to performance of a network is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include allowing a user to select the at least one system from which data is requested, identify at least one data type for which data is requested, select a sampling interval for sampling data for the at least one data type, and identify a time period for which data of the at least one data type is requested. In an second aspect, the method and system include receiving the request, retrieving at least one value for the at least one data type if the at least one data type is available on the at least one system, and calculating an average value for the sampling interval. The method and system include saving the average value for the sampling interval in a report and repeating the retrieving, calculating, and saving steps for each sampling interval in the time period. In a third aspect the method and system further include merging the report for each of the portion of the plurality of systems to provide a composite report. During the merge, differences in the reports are accounted for. In a fourth aspect, the method and system graphically display the data by plotting the at least one average value for the at least one data type of each of the portion of the plurality of systems.