Diagnosing Distributed Systems through Log Data Analysis

Abstract

The log-based analysis and trouble-shooting has remained prevalent and commonly used approach for centralized and time-haring systems. However, for parallel and distributed systems where happen-before relations are not directly available between the events, it become a challenge to fully depend on log-based analysis in such instances. This article attempts to provide solutions using log-based performance analysis of centralized system, and demonstrates the results and their effectiveness, as well presents the challenges and proposes solutions for performance analysis in distributed and parallel systems.

arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures