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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Christopher Canto, Hampshire, GB;
Bernard John Grainger, Hampshire, GB;
Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Hants, GB;
Sivan Tal, Yokneam Illit, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Managing a networked storage system having a host operable to connect through a network fabric to storage apparatus comprises: a configuration component for inputting a configuration change into the networked storage system responsive to change instructions; a monitoring component operable in communication with the host and the network fabric to monitor I/O activity associated with elements of the networked storage system; an activity data storage component responsive to the monitoring component for storing a record of a monitored I/O activity; an analysis component, responsive to the configuration component for inputting configuration changes, for analyzing the record of a monitored I/O activity for a recent activity; and an alert component, responsive to the analysis component detecting a recent activity, for alerting the configuration component.