Patent ID: 8332690

Claim:
A method comprising: processing historical data regarding a plurality of prior failures, wherein the plurality of prior failures comprises a first failure and a second failure; the historical data relates to a first plurality of earlier actions performed in a first window of time, wherein the first window of time consists of a time period from a detection of the first failure to a correction of the first failure, and a second plurality of earlier actions performed in a second window of time, wherein the second window of time consists of a time period from a detection of the second failure to a correction of the second failure, and the second failure is distinct from the first failure; comparing the first plurality of earlier actions and the second plurality of earlier actions; identifying corrective actions, wherein the identifying the corrective actions is based at least in part on correlation patterns identified by the comparing; and determining, based at least in part on the identifying, information for mitigating a current failure, wherein the current failure is distinct from the first and second failures.