System and method for storing raw log data

Details System and method for storing raw log data System and method for storing raw log data

2004-07-23

2009-10-06

Corrielus, Jean M (Department: 2162)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C726S014000, C726S011000, C726S003000, C709S224000, C709S221000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07599939

ABSTRACT:
A system and method is disclosed for collecting, storing and reporting raw log data from log-producing devices such as firewalls and routers. The log-producing devices may be both local and remote—i.e., linked to a raw log server via a LAN and/or a WAN. A log data analyzer at a remote location gathers log data from devices at that remote location into time-defined sets and then sends those sets over a WAN (which may be the Internet) to a raw log server using a first protocol. Local log-producing devices may send their log data to the log data analyzer via a LAN using a second protocol. The log data analyzer forwards the raw log data local devices to an appropriate log data analyzer for parsing, summarizing and storage in one or more databases. The raw log server combines local and remote sets of raw log data for a given time period and stores them in a storage area of raw log data. A central management station is used to query the various databases in the system and to merge database reports into a single report for display.

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