Patent ID: 8291064

Claim:
A method for optimizing event monitoring filter settings that is executed on a computer device, comprising: determining an optimal filter setting that is used for registering an event as requiring action at a time that is less than a configured detection and repair time for the event; monitoring, via a monitoring computer system, indications of the event over time at times less than the configured detection and repair time to determine, in response to each indication, a current computer system metric based upon a current total duration of time that the indications of the event have been occurring, where the current total duration of time is less than the configured detection and repair time, the indications being abnormal occurrences in operation of a computer system, and where the configured detection and repair time comprises a threshold amount of time historically required to both detect and repair the event; comparing the optimal filter setting against each determined current computer system metric; and determining whether the event is to be registered as requiring action based upon each comparison of the optimal filter setting against each determined current computer system metric.