Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for visualizing patterns of change and behavior on a compute infrastructure
Provided herein are exemplary techniques for visualizing patterns of changes and behavior on a compute infrastructure wherein a Differential View user interface provides for complete visualization of infrastructure change and behavior and further provides interactive filters that identify and display patterns of change and behavior, on a graduated scale, for the compute infrastructure as a whole and for specific groups within the infrastructure.
1 . A method of visualizing patterns of change and behavior on a compute infrastructure having a plurality of nodes, said method comprising:
providing a set of color hues;
providing predetermined rates of change or behavior for each node of said compute infrastructure;
associating a color hue with a rate of node change or behavior;
monitoring said nodes to determine said rate of node change or behavior of each node;
displaying a colorized map of said nodes of said compute infrastructure;
displaying a first quantitative percentage of change graphic associated with said nodes of said compute infrastructure;
wherein for each of said nodes, displaying said color hue associated with said monitored rate of node change or behavior;
2 . A method as in claim 1 further comprising:
providing one or more logical groupings of said nodes, each grouping having common node attributes;
selecting one of said logical node groupings;
identifying on said colorized map said nodes of said selected logical grouping;
displaying a second quantitative percentage of change graphic having a percentage of change associated with said nodes of said selected logical grouping.
3 . The method as in claim 1 , further comprising displaying textual data on at least a portion of said colorized map, said textual data comprising attribute information pertaining to said nodes of said compute infrastructure.
4 . The method as in claim 2 , further comprising:
providing a set of baseline attributes to evaluate node conformity;
selecting one of said baseline attributes;
identifying on said colorized map said nodes conforming to said selected baseline attribute;
displaying said second quantitative percentage of change graphic having a percentage of change associated with said nodes conforming to said selected baseline attribute.
5 . The method as in claim 4 , further comprising: displaying said colorized map comprising substantially of said nodes conforming to said selected baseline attribute.
6 . The method as in claim 5 , further comprising: displaying a three-dimensional graphic comprising said nodes conforming to said selected baseline attribute.
7 . The method as in claim 1 wherein said first quantitative percentage of change graphic is a pie chart.
8 . The method as in claim 2 wherein said second quantitative percentage of change graphic is a pie chart.
9 . The method as in claim 1 wherein said first quantitative percentage of change graphic is a bar chart.
10 . The method as in claim 2 wherein said second quantitative percentage of change graphic is a bar chart.
11 . The method as in claim 1 wherein said color hues are determined using a weighted moving average.
12 . The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
defining a timeframe;
monitoring said nodes to determine said rate of node change or behavior of each node during said time frame.