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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Brian M. Hackworth, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian M. Hackworth, San Jose, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method enables one or more directories or qtrees on one or more volumes associated with one or more storage appliances (filers) to be combined or consolidated into arbitrary groups so that statistical information related to performance, operational status and other usage-based parameters can be made available to interested parties associated with the group. The directories can draw from different volumes and grouped so as to allow administration and access by a common group of administrators or users. The statistical information can be compared to threshold values to generate events. The events can be e-mailed or otherwise transmitted to interested parties. The statistical information can also be organized and displayed in a variety of formats as a web page on a graphical user interface that resides on a management station and/or client display of an interested party.