Patent ID: 9317395
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. At a tracker service in a cluster computing environment, a method of collecting usage data, the method comprising: receiving a request from a first cluster deployment comprising a cluster deployment creator service, the request requesting an interval over which a plurality of cluster deployments, including the first cluster deployment as well as at least a second cluster deployment that is created by the first cluster deployment, are to report usage information in usage reports, the usage information defining at least (i) one or more first characteristics of at least one first job that is assigned to the first cluster deployment and that is being run on a plurality of first worker nodes in the first cluster deployment, and (ii) one or more second characteristics of at least one second job that is assigned to the second cluster deployment and that is being run on a plurality of second worker nodes in the second cluster deployment; in response to the request from the first cluster deployment, providing the interval to the first cluster deployment; receiving a plurality of usage reports according to the interval, including receiving at least: identifying duplicate data in the plurality of usage reports, including: