Patent ID: 9213751
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing capacity of a first system to process operational data, wherein the first system has a plurality of interconnected computers connected to receive the operational data from remote data sources, wherein the first system has a software application for processing the operational data received from remote data sources, wherein the operational data characterizes an aspect of performance of one or more software applications running on the remote data sources, the method comprising: a) determining a load capacity “L” for the first system to be expanded, wherein L>100 and wherein L is the number of remote data sources that can be processed before the system becomes overloaded; b) while the first system is processing data, repeatedly monitoring incoming remote data sources to determine their number; c) in dependence upon the number of remote data sources exceeding a predetermined fraction of L greater than 0.5 L and <L, repeatedly replicating the first system to form a plurality of replicated first systems and installing the replicated first systems to increase overall capacity to process data from the remote data sources while the first system is processing data; d) upon request from a client, retrieving from the first system or one of the replicated systems, data related to a particular requested software application, by using a time stamp or a time series, in the absence of information related to which of the first and replicated systems the data resides in.