Modeling computer network topology based on dynamic usage relationships

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015127815-A1
Application number	US-201414165684-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 7, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for modeling dependencies in a computing system including a plurality of resources, the method includes monitoring data communications made between the resources of the plurality of resources; modeling dependencies, at least among and between the resources, based, at least in part, upon the monitored data communications; and generating a set of topology graph(s), including at least a first topology graph, based upon the modeled dependencies.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
monitoring data communications between a plurality of resources in a computing environment; determining dependencies between the resources in real time based on the data communications; generating a set of topology graph(s) based upon the dependencies between the resources; and displaying the set of topology graph(s), wherein the topology graph(s) indicate a measure of bonding between the plurality of resources.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the dependencies between the resources are dynamically updated.
Computing a DRF: I have provided DRF computation details in claims 4 and 5 . Please tell me if you want to see more detail regarding the computation of the DRF.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein:
the computing environment comprises a plurality of users; and
the monitoring of data communications further includes monitoring of data communications made between resources and users and between users and users.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein:
the measure of bonding between the plurality of resources includes calculating a set of dynamic relationship factors (DRFs) respectively corresponding to pairs of first user and/or resource and a second user and/or resource; and
calculating the set of DRFs is based upon one or more of the following: volume of data communicated in data communication(s) in the pair, recency of data communication(s) in the pair, and/or frequency of communications in the pair.

5 . The method of claim 3 wherein:
the measure of bonding between the plurality of resources includes calculating a set of dynamic relationship factors (DRFs) respectively corresponding to pairs of first user and/or resource and a second user and/or resource; and
calculating the set of DRF's is based upon one or more of the following: the entities involved in the data exchange, and/or the characteristics of data exchanged.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the resources in the computing environment includes a sub-system virtual machine.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the dependencies include transitive dependencies among resources and/or users.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Billore Ashish
• Konoor Divya K
• Narendra Nanjangud C

Classifications

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L43/045 Primary

  for graphical visualisation of monitoring data · CPC title

• H04L43/0882

  Utilisation of link capacity · CPC title

• H04L41/145

  involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network · CPC title