Patent ID: 7383280
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable components for transforming a plurality of individual log files received from a plurality of servers in a data collection and warehousing system, said log files each comprising a data record and at least one partition key value corresponding thereto, said components comprising: a process management component for partitioning the received data records by assigning each of the data records to one of a plurality of partitions based on the partition key value corresponding to the data record, each of the partitions having one or more of the partition key values associated therewith; and a data management component for sorting the data records partitioned by the process management component according to the corresponding partition key values and merging the sorted data records and corresponding partition key values with other data records and other corresponding partition key values, said other data records and other corresponding partition key values being previously received, said data management component further mapping each of the partition key values to another key value, said other key value representing a unit of information smaller than the partition key values associated with the merged data records.