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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2004
Applicants:

Jeffrey C. Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Janet L. Wiener, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Marcos K. Aguilera, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Keith I. Farkas, San Carlos, CA (US);

Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey C. Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Janet L. Wiener, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Marcos K. Aguilera, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Keith I. Farkas, San Carlos, CA (US);

Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises identifying at least one causal path that includes a node of a distributed computing environment that is of interest. The method further comprises analyzing the identified at least one causal path to determine at least one time interval when the node is active in such causal path, and correlating consumption of a resource by the node to the node's activity in the at least one causal path.


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