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HP flings big data at cloud, sysadmins' faces

Another attempt at 'your log files can tell you what's about to go wrong'

Your log files, the story goes, aren't just a record of every every stray packet that grazes your firewall or every temperature spike inside your servers when someone uses the microwave in the lunch room. They're really a treasure trove of hidden indicators that can tell you not just how to stop IT breaking at the worst possible moment, but perhaps also show you how to run your data centre more efficiently.

Stop us if you've heard that one before, because HP's wheeled it out again with sprinklings of Big Data.

HP's Haven, a big data toolset with bits of Autonomy inside, is the beating heart of the company's new IT Operations Solutions, said to be able to “predict system outages before they occur, manage deployments in a secure and compliant way, and even gauge customer response and experience for applications in real-time.”

If that's not enough, the Solutions are also able to detect anomalous conditions in your data centre rigs and alert you so the troubleshooting can begin before a fan stops spinning or anything hits the fan. There's also the ability to suck down data produced by kit in clouds.

Why will this work this time? HP says its software can ingest just about any form of data generated by man, beast, sensor or server, with or without structure, and figure out how they relate to each other. After step two, you get profits.

HP's hoping that outcome arrives for other iterations of Haven, which it has tossed into the cloud in the usual come for an hour, stay for the elasticity, mode. ®

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