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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Murali Raja, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Devesh Prakash, Bangalore, IN;
Sudheer Thokala, Bangalore, IN;
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for aggregating performance data or trace data for a multi-core, multi-packet-engine networked appliance. A plurality of packet engines operate on the appliance and manage network traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. In various embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of packet engines and an aggregator communicating with the packet engines through shared memory allocations. Each packet engine can write performance data or trace data to the a shared memory allocation. The aggregator can obtain the performance data or trace data and consolidate the data to provide unified performance data or unified trace data representative of the appliance.