IP Library Granted Patent US 10,416,982
Granted Patent B1
US 10,416,982 · App. 15/199,169 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Automated analysis system and method

Inventors: Charles S. Langley (Littleton, CO); Muzhar Khokhar (Shrewsbury, MA); Michael G. Varteresian (Lexington, MA)
Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
G06F8/65G06F8/61H04L43/08G06F11/008
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Patent No.
US 10,416,982
App. No.
15/199,169
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving telemetry data from a remote storage system. The telemetry data is analyzed to assign a system health score to the remote storage system.

Claims (51)

1. A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing system, comprising:

receiving telemetry data from a remote storage system;

analyzing the telemetry data to assign a system health score to the remote storage system, wherein assigning a system health score to the remote storage system includes assigning a default health score and deducting from the assigned default health score based upon, at least in part, one or more issues identified within the remote storage system;

providing one or more solutions to the remote storage system based, at least in part, upon the assigned system health score, wherein providing the one or more solutions includes installing one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and providing one or more incentives to the administrator of the remote storage system, wherein each of installing the one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and receiving an acceptance of the one or more incentives provided to the administrator increases the system health score assigned to the remote storage system; and

comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems, wherein comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems includes utilizing data modeling to determine trends and predict future health scores, wherein determining trends include at least one of:

a) determining regions or countries more prone to certain types of failures than other regions or countries

b) determining times of year more prone to failure than other times of year, and

c) determining an increased rate of total failure based on a combination of bad SMART data and bandwidth above a certain threshold for a certain period of time.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising: gathering the telemetry data on the remote storage system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein providing

one or more solutions to the remote storage system includes one or more of:

installing one or more software upgrades on the remote storage system; and providing one or more recommendations to an administrator of the remote storage system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein analyzing the telemetry data to assign a system health score to the remote storage system includes one or more of:

analyzing one or more hardware components of the remote storage system for possible firmware upgrades;

analyzing one or more software components of the remote storage system for possible software upgrades; and

analyzing one or more error codes of the remote storage system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the telemetry data includes one or more of usage data and system data.

6. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving telemetry data from a remote storage system;

analyzing the telemetry data to assign a system health score to the remote storage system, wherein assigning a system health score to the remote storage system includes assigning a default health score and deducting from the assigned default health score based upon, at least in part, one or more issues identified within the remote storage system;

providing one or more solutions to the remote storage system based, at least in part, upon the assigned system health score, wherein providing the one or more solutions includes installing one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and providing one or more incentives to the administrator of the remote storage system, wherein each of installing the one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and receiving an acceptance of the one or more incentives provided to the administrator increases the system health score assigned to the remote storage system; and

comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems, wherein comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems includes utilizing data modeling to determine trends and predict future health scores, wherein determining trends include at least one of:

a) determining regions or countries more prone to certain types of failures than other regions or countries

b) determining times of year more prone to failure than other times of year, and

c) determining an increased rate of total failure based on a combination of bad SMART data and bandwidth above a certain threshold for a certain period of time.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising instructions for: gathering the telemetry data on the remote storage system.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein providing one or more solutions to the remote storage system includes one or more of: installing one or more software upgrades on the remote storage system; and providing one or more recommendations to an administrator of the remote storage system.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein analyzing the telemetry data to assign a system health score to the remote storage system includes one or more of:

analyzing one or more hardware components of the remote storage system for possible firmware upgrades;

analyzing one or more software components of the remote storage system for possible software upgrades; and

analyzing one or more error codes of the remote storage system.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the telemetry data includes one or more of usage data and system data.

11. A computing system including a processor and memory configured

to perform operations comprising:

receiving telemetry data from a remote storage system;

analyzing the telemetry data to assign a system health score to the remote storage system, wherein assigning a system health score to the remote storage system includes assigning a default health score and deducting from the assigned default health score based upon, at least in part, one or more issues identified within the remote storage system;

providing one or more solutions to the remote storage system based, at least in part, upon the assigned system health score, wherein providing the one or more solutions includes installing one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and providing one or more incentives to the administrator of the remote storage system, wherein each of installing the one or more firmware upgrades on the remote storage system and receiving an acceptance of the one or more incentives provided to the administrator increases the system health score assigned to the remote storage system; and

comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems, wherein comparing the system health score assigned to the remote storage system to other system health scores assigned to other remote storage systems includes utilizing data modeling to determine trends and predict future health scores, wherein determining trends include at least one of:

a) determining regions or countries more prone to certain types of failures than other regions or countries

b) determining times of year more prone to failure than other times of year, and

c) determining an increased rate of total failure based on a combination of bad SMART data and bandwidth above a certain threshold for a certain period of time.

12. The computing system of claim 11 further configured to perform operations comprising:

gathering the telemetry data on the remote storage system.

13. The computing system of claim 11 wherein providing one or more solutions to the remote storage system includes one or more of:

installing one or more software upgrades on the remote storage system; and providing one or more recommendations to an administrator of the remote storage system.

14. The computing system of claim 11 wherein analyzing the telemetry data to

assign a system health score to the remote storage system includes one or more of:

analyzing one or more hardware components of the remote storage system for possible firmware upgrades;

analyzing one or more software components of the remote storage system for possible software upgrades; and

analyzing one or more error codes of the remote storage system.

15. The computing system of claim 11 wherein the telemetry data includes one or more of usage data and system data.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (051302/0528) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); SECUREWORKS CORP.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 051449 FRAME 0728 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.; EMC CORPORATION
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 31, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.; EMC CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; SECUREWORKS CORP.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051302/0528 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: LANGLEY, CHARLES S; KHOKHAR, MUZHAR; VARTERESIAN, MICHAEL G
To: EMC CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: EMC CORPORATION
To: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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