Patent ID: 9507798
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of logging events in a data storage system, the method comprising: running a logging server on a storage processor of the data storage system; receiving, by the logging server, log entries from multiple logging clients running on respective other storage processors of the data storage system, each log entry generated by one of the logging clients in response to an event occurring on the storage processor on which the logging client runs and including a first timestamp referenced to a clock on the storage processor on which the logging client runs; applying, by the logging server, a second timestamp to each of the log entries received from the logging clients, each second timestamp referenced to a common clock accessible to the storage processor on which the logging server runs; persistently storing, by the logging server, the log entries including the respective first and second timestamps to a centralized log store;