Patent ID: 7958387

Claim:
A test device reporting results from testing a system or device under test (referred to as a “DUT”), the test device including: at least one chassis; a plurality of processing cards mounted in the chassis, wherein the processing cards integrate at least: a processor; solid state memory coupled in communication with the processor; and two or more test ports coupled in communication with the processor that are adapted to be coupled to the DUT during a test; distributed logic running on the processing cards that includes a plurality of database instances, at least one per port group, wherein said database instances comprise at least: a unique identifier that distinguishes it from other database instances for receiving queries, one or more tables of sample data collected during the test, the tables residing in the solid state memory on each of the plurality of processing cards, an API interface that updates and adds to the tables during the test, and a query processing interface that receives queries, selects the sample data responsive to the queries, and returns the selected sample data during and after the test; and at least one communications channel on the chassis coupled in communication with the distributed logic that distributes the queries to the processing cards and returns the selected sample data.