Patent ID: 8732134
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of collecting data associated with a performance of a storage system, the method being performed by a processor of a managing server and comprising: receiving, at the managing server, an identifier identifying a storage server from a plurality of storage servers associated with the storage system; detecting, using the processor of the managing server, at least one attribute associated with the storage server, the at least one attribute including a type of communication protocol used by the storage server; in response to detecting the type of communication protocol used by the storage server, identifying, using the processor of the managing server, a data collection policy from a plurality of data collection policies based on (i) the received identifier and (ii) the detected at least one attribute, including the type of communication protocol, wherein the data collection policy defines a type of data to be collected, the data being associated with the performance of the storage system; and collecting the data associated with the performance of the storage system based on the data collection policy.