Patent ID: 6434613
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of analyzing performance of a computer system and for providing recommendations for changes in the system to improve its performance, the steps of the method comprising:receiving and storing indicators of the performance of components of the computer system at periodic times; applying stored rules to the stored indicators to analyze the performance of the computer system; detecting undesirable conditions of the computer system when the stored indicators exceed a first stored threshold and in those instances where an undesirable condition has been determined, detecting a condition where another indicator is above a second lower threshold; and identifying the presence of a latent bottleneck; in response to the detecting of an undesirable condition of the computer system and a latent bottleneck, providing a recommendation to alleviate the performance of the computer system by providing a recommendation to improve the undesirable condition as well as the latent bottleneck.