Patent ID: 7966363

Claim:
A method for monitoring distributed systems, comprising: receiving a plurality of availability parameters for a plurality of distributed systems, each distributed system of the plurality of distributed systems corresponding to at least one respective distributed system group of a plurality of distributed system groups; determining, by a processor, a status of at least one distributed system of a respective distributed system group according to the plurality of availability parameters; and generating grid map image data operable to initiate display of a grid map comprising: one or more areas, each area corresponding to a respective distributed system group of the plurality of distributed system groups, each area comprising: one or more cells, each cell having: a status indicator indicating the status of the at least one distributed system of the respective distributed system group; and a display size indicating a relative importance of the at least one distributed system of the respective distributed system group; and transmitting the grid map image data to a client in order to display the grid map.