Patent ID: 7523357

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a monitoring system, specified rules related to at least one component within a computing system, said monitoring system comprising a repository; receiving, by said monitoring system, a first event, wherein said first event comprises first data and a first time stamp associated with an arrival time for said first data, wherein said first data comprises monitoring information related to said at least one component within said computing system; storing said first event within said repository; formatting said first event for transmission to a first computing terminal; receiving, by said monitoring system, a second event, wherein said second event comprises additional data associated with an arrival of additional events; storing said second event within said repository; formatting said second event for transmission to said first terminal; retreiving, by said monitoring system from said repository, said first event and said second event; analyzing, by said monitoring system, said first event and said second event within said repository using said specified rules to determine a first health status of said at least one component; and indicating, by said monitoring system, said first health status; and transmitting, by said monitoring system, said first event, said second event, and said first health status to said first terminal.