Abstract: In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a method for monitoring a content delivery network includes obtaining data from devices within the network, organizing the data into hierarchically accessible tiers, and displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchal tiers, wherein the hierarchical tiers include a) a site tier including a map comprising ones of the devices that are potential content sources in the network, b) a service tier including a map comprising content-based relationships between the devices, and c) an operations tier including a map comprising characteristics of the devices and characteristics of relationships between the devices and content in the network.

Abstract: In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a method for monitoring a content delivery network includes obtaining data from devices within the network, organizing the data into hierarchically accessible tiers, and displaying at least part of the data at one of the hierarchal tiers, wherein the hierarchical tiers include a) a site tier including a map comprising ones of the devices that are potential content sources in the network, b) a service tier including a map comprising content-based relationships between the devices, and c) an operations tier including a map comprising characteristics of the devices and characteristics of relationships between the devices and content in the network.

Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method for displaying relationships between content devices in a content delivery network, where the content devices include a management computer and a plurality of caches, includes querying one of the content devices, receiving a response from the queried content device indicating a content distribution path among the content devices, and based on the received response, displaying a map showing the indicated content distribution path(s) among the content devices.

Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method for monitoring streaming media flow in a computer network includes recording at least one address in an information packet, each at least one address corresponding to a location in the network where the information packet has been, and displaying a map showing a communication path in the network, the communication path being defined by the at least one address.

Abstract: A method for monitoring data flow to a router having an interface configured to receive media streams, includes identifying media streams directed to the interface, and determining whether a combined data flow rate of the identified media streams exceeds a threshold. A streaming server can provide information about media streams emanating from the streaming server, for example a router destination and a flow rate for each stream emanating from the streaming server. The threshold can be based on a speed of the interface, and the router can be a first-hop router with respect to the streaming servers providing media streams to the router's interface. The method can include determining what portion of the interface capacity is consumed by the media streams.