Patent ID: 8694970

Claim:
A system comprising: a first set of trace entries and corresponding timestamps stored in in a first memory component, based on a first trace volume; a second set of trace entries and corresponding timestamps stored in a second memory component, based on a second trace volume; and parallel timestamps corresponding to the second set of trace entries stored in the first memory component to provide trace entry time correlation for the first set of trace entries and the second set of trace entries, wherein a bit-length of each of the timestamps corresponding to the first set of trace entries is different from a bit-length of each of the parallel timestamps, wherein the first trace volume is a user-configurable fast trace volume which provides fastest available trace storage and comprises spooling at least some of the first set of trace entries stored in the first memory component to the second memory component to provide longer-term storage and retention of the first set of trace entries, and the second trace volume is a user-configurable non-fast trace volume.