CPC G06F 11/0778 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for more effectively recording information in system logs, the method comprising:
detecting a plurality of errors over a specified period of time;
storing information associated with the plurality of errors in a memory buffer;
preprocessing the information in the memory buffer to condense the information and remove duplication, wherein removing duplication comprises representing multiple instances of a specific type of error with a single instance, and providing a count indicating how many instances of the specific type of error the single instance represents; and
determining whether the multiple instances of the specific type of error span multiple log files and, if so, providing the single instance in its entirety and the count in each of the multiple log files.
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