Network I/O Device Latency Timestamping for Data Center Troubleshooting

The patent implements preliminary action by proactively monitoring and recording transaction latency metrics between servers before performance degradation occurs. The system continuously collects baseline latency data and establishes normal performance patterns, enabling rapid anomaly detection when issues arise. This preliminary monitoring infrastructure eliminates the need for time-consuming retrospective analysis of application logs and server metrics, as the problematic servers are already identified through pre-captured latency measurements.

The patent introduces an intermediary approach by implementing a dedicated monitoring system that sits between the complex service-infrastructure mapping and the performance analysis process. This intermediary monitoring infrastructure directly measures transaction latencies between server pairs, capturing performance data independent of the complex virtualization mapping. The system correlates SLAs with physical infrastructure through these direct latency measurements rather than through complex service mapping analysis, simplifying the identification process while maintaining comprehensive correlation capability.

The patent extracts the performance monitoring function from the complex multi-layer logging infrastructure and implements it as a separate, dedicated monitoring system. Instead of enabling additional logging at application, middleware, and infrastructure layers, the system directly measures transaction latencies between server pairs through specialized monitoring agents. This extraction approach captures detailed performance data at the network transaction level, eliminating the need for multiple logging layers and their associated complexity while maintaining comprehensive performance visibility.