18072098. Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Extensible Data Forwarding Operation simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.)

Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Extensible Data Forwarding Operation

Organization Name

Dell Products L.P.

Inventor(s)

Venkata B. Donepudi of Round Rock TX (US)

Sudhir Vittal Shetty of Cedar Park TX (US)

Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Extensible Data Forwarding Operation - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18072098 titled 'Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Extensible Data Forwarding Operation

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for managing and monitoring data centers. Here is a simplified explanation of the abstract:

• Identifying configuration information for data forwarders, including scheduling information.
• Scheduling the collection of data from a data source based on the scheduling information.
• Collecting data from the data source using the forwarder configuration information.
• Formatting the collected data according to the configuration information.
• Forwarding the formatted data to a recipient.

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1. 1. 1. Potential Applications of this Technology

• Data center management and monitoring systems
• Network monitoring and analysis tools
• Automated data collection and forwarding systems

1. 1. 1. Problems Solved by this Technology

• Efficient data collection and forwarding in data centers
• Streamlining monitoring processes
• Ensuring data is collected and forwarded according to specified schedules

1. 1. 1. Benefits of this Technology

• Improved data center efficiency
• Enhanced monitoring capabilities
• Automated data collection and forwarding processes

1. 1. 1. Potential Commercial Applications of this Technology
         1. Optimizing Data Center Management and Monitoring Operations

1. 1. 1. Possible Prior Art

There are existing data center management systems that perform similar functions, but the specific method described in this patent application may be novel and innovative.

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1. 1. 1. Unanswered Questions
         1. How does this technology handle data security and privacy concerns?

The patent application does not provide details on how data security and privacy are addressed in the data collection and forwarding processes.

1. 1. 1. 1. What types of data sources are compatible with this system?

The abstract does not specify the types of data sources that can be used with this data center management and monitoring system.

Original Abstract Submitted

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center management and monitoring operation. The data center management and monitoring operation includes: identifying data forwarder configuration information for a plurality of data forwarders, the forwarder configuration information including scheduling information; scheduling collection of data from a data source according to the scheduling information; collecting data from a data source based upon the scheduling, the collecting using the forwarder configuration information to identify the data to be collected; formatting the data collected from the data source according to the data forwarder configuration information to provide formatted data; and, forwarding the formatted data to a recipient.