Patent ID: 9092465
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
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 application executed on the storage server; in response to detecting the type of application executed on 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 application, 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.