Monitoring System Health Status Analysis Using Rule-Based Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Computing systems often malfunction due to components not functioning within specific parameters, necessitating a method to monitor and determine the health status of these components in real-time.

Innovation Solution

A monitoring system that receives and analyzes data using specified rules to determine the health status of components within a computing system, storing data in a repository and indicating any malfunctions or threshold exceedances to support personnel, with the capability to generate automatic corrective actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If components are monitored continuously to detect malfunctions early, then system reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to the monitoring infrastructure required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem reliabilityVSAvoidmonitoring infrastructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The monitoring system is designed to monitor multiple different components (hardware, software, network) using a unified platform that accepts various data formats and applies different analysis rules. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle diverse monitoring needs without requiring separate specialized systems for each component type, thereby improving reliability across the entire system while controlling the complexity increase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If real-time data analysis is performed to determine component health status, then productivity is improved through timely detection, but use of energy increases due to continuous processing requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection speedVSAvoidprocessing energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining health status rules, thresholds, and analysis criteria before actual monitoring begins. These pre-configured rules enable the system to quickly evaluate incoming data without requiring complex real-time decision-making algorithms, thus maintaining high detection speed while reducing the energy required for continuous processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive monitoring of all system components is implemented, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases due to the extensive data collection and analysis required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehealth status accuracyVSAvoiddata collection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The monitoring system segments the comprehensive monitoring task into distinct modular components: data collection modules for different component types, rule-based analysis modules for specific health parameters, and reporting modules for various output formats. This segmentation allows the system to maintain high measurement precision through specialized analysis for each component type while managing complexity through modular, independently configurable units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7523357B2Monitoring system and method
Publication Date: 2009.04.21 KYNDRYL INC
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AI summary

A monitoring system and method. The monitoring system receives specified rules related to at least one component within a computing system. The monitoring system receives first data comprising information related to at least one component within a computing system. The monitoring system comprises a repository. The first data is stored within the repository. The first data is analyzed by the monitoring system using specified rules to determine a first health status of the at least one component. The monitoring server indicates for a user the first health status.