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Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses performance parameters to predict a computer system failure. The system operates by evaluating a performance-parameter rule on a target system to determine if a corresponding performance parameter is within a predetermined range. Note that the performance parameter defines a performance metric for software, including an operating system, executing on the computer system. Note that the performance parameter may also define a performance metric for hardware and networks, and can come from other sources such as vendor-internal records. The system also receives an evaluation result of the performance-parameter rule from the target system. Next, the system records the evaluation result in a historic data set. The system then determines if the target system failed within a pre-determined time period subsequent to the evaluation of the performance-parameter rule. If so, the system records the failure of the target system in the historic data set. Finally, the system analyzes the historic data set to determine the accuracy of using the performance-parameter rule to predict a failure of the target system.

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