Patent ID: 8364829
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising by a computer system: identifying a plurality of causal paths that include a node of a distributed computing environment that is of interest; analyzing the identified plurality of causal paths to determine a time interval when the node was simultaneously active in the plurality of causal paths; determining an amount of consumption of a resource by the node to the node's activity in the plurality of causal paths for a duration of the time interval; using the duration of the time interval and the determined amount of consumption in a calculation to determine at least a portion of the amount of consumption of said resource attributed to each path of the plurality of causal paths in which said node was simultaneously active at the time interval; and in a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing the determined at least a portion of the amount of consumption of said resource attributed to each path of the plurality of causal paths in which said node was simultaneously active at the time interval.