Patent ID: 7437446

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for identifying computer resource utilization issues, the method comprising: accessing resource utilization data for a computer system for a particular period of time wherein: the resource utilization data comprises a measure of an amount of usage of one or more resources of the computer system; the resource utilization data for the particular period of time is based on resource utilization data collected while processes were running on the computer system; and the resource utilization data for the particular period of time includes a plurality of measurements of a utilization metric of operation of a component of the computer system, with each measurement being associated with a period of time; performing statistical analysis on the resource utilization data to identify a range of normal measurements for the utilization metric for the particular period of time included in the resource utilization data, wherein performing statistical analysis on the resource utilization data comprises performing calculations using the plurality of measurements and wherein the identified range of normal measurements encompasses a portion of the plurality of measurements; and comparing the plurality of measurements of the metric of the resource utilization data of the resource utilization data for the particular period of time with the identified range of normal measurements to identify measurements from the plurality of measurement that are outside of the identified range of normal measurements.