Patent ID: 9699040
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for remotely monitoring a plurality of distributed remote storage devices, comprising: receiving, at a first distributed remote storage device, a summary of recorded monitoring data from at least one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices; locally collecting, at the first distributed remote storage device, monitoring data for the first distributed remote storage device; determining, at the first distributed remote storage device, an aggregate of data using the locally recorded monitoring data and the received summary of recorded monitoring data, and a summary of data using the locally recorded monitoring data and the received summary of recorded monitoring data, the summary of data having a reduced data size compared to the aggregate of data; and periodically sending at least one of the aggregate of data and the summary of data to a remote location, the remote location including at least one of another one of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices, at least one central server, and a set of the plurality of distributed remote storage devices.