Data Center Alarm Consolidation via Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data center monitoring systems generate voluminous information, leading to disparate event reporting rather than coordinated alerts, making it difficult for technicians to efficiently address potential issues within the data center environment.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of consolidation filters in a data center monitoring appliance that aggregates individual alarms based on common attributes, generating consolidated alarms and reporting them to external entities according to specified notification policies, thereby reducing redundant alerts and enhancing notification relevance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional data center monitoring systems report all alarms individually, then complete information is provided, but notification volume increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple individual alarms into a single consolidated alarm notification when multiple alarms occur within a specified time window. This merging approach reduces the total number of notifications sent to technicians while preserving all underlying alarm information within the consolidated notification, thereby improving response efficiency without losing critical information.
2Productivity
If consolidation filters aggregate multiple alarms into one notification, then notification volume decreases, but alarm detail information may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The consolidated alarm notification contains nested information structures where individual alarm events are embedded within the consolidated notification framework. This allows the system to send a single consolidated notification while preserving all individual alarm details within the notification body, enabling technicians to access complete event information without receiving separate notifications for each alarm.
3Speed
If all alarms are reported immediately, then real-time monitoring is achieved, but redundant alerts increase and relevance decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary consolidation of alarms before generating notifications by collecting alarms within a defined time window and consolidating them into a single notification. This preliminary action maintains real-time monitoring capabilities while improving notification relevance by ensuring that consolidated notifications are sent promptly after the time window closes, rather than delaying detection.
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AI summary
Methods and system for consolidating alarms using a data center monitoring appliance are provided. The method includes receiving at least one alarm from an physical infrastructure device via the network, determining that the at least one alarm is subject to a consolidation filter, the consolidation filter specifying characteristics of a consolidated alarm and generating the consolidated alarm according to the characteristics specified in the consolidation filter. The system includes a network interface, a memory and a controller coupled to the network interface and the memory and configured to receive at least one alarm from an physical infrastructure device via the network interface, determine that the at least one alarm is subject to a consolidation filter, the consolidation filter specifying characteristics of a consolidated alarm and generate the consolidated alarm according to the characteristics specified in the consolidation filter.