Patent ID: 8671194

Claim:
A resource monitoring method comprising: determining, at a first monitoring node, a load level for each monitoring node of a plurality of monitoring nodes including the first monitoring node and a second monitoring node based on a namespace associated with the first monitoring node, the namespace including an overlay namespace and a local namespace, the local namespace identifying objects being monitored by the first monitoring node, the overlay namespace including local viewpoints for other monitoring nodes of the plurality of monitoring nodes including the second monitoring node, each local viewpoint identifying one or more objects that are monitored by a respective other monitoring node, the determining including determining, by the first monitoring node, the load level for the first monitoring node based on one or more attributes included within the local namespace, configuration or system attributes associated with the first monitoring node, or a combination thereof; and determining, by the first monitoring node, the load level for the second monitoring node based on one or more attributes included within the local namespace of the first monitoring node, one or more attributes included within the local viewpoint associated with the second monitoring node, configuration or system attributes associated with the first monitoring node, or a combination thereof; and prohibiting the first monitoring node from instituting a new object creation request if the load level of the second monitoring node is lower than the load level of the first monitoring node.