Abstract: A method for detecting hardware and/or software anomalies in remote systems. The method may include aggregating, in a centralized electronic database, by an electronic database server, data received via a network from each of the remote systems, the data relating to operating statistics of one or more subcomponents of the remote systems over time. The method may also include utilizing an electronic database client communicatively coupled to the centralized database to automatically periodically access and analyze data stored in the centralized database to identify anomalies in hardware and/or software components of the remote systems. In one embodiment, the data relating to operating statistics of the subcomponents may include data from statistics counters corresponding to the subcomponents, each statistics counter, in one state, indicative of an identifiable error.

Abstract: A method for detecting hardware and/or software anomalies in remote systems. The method may include aggregating, in a centralized electronic database, by an electronic database server, data received via a network from each of the remote systems, the data relating to operating statistics of one or more subcomponents of the remote systems over time. The method may also include utilizing an electronic database client communicatively coupled to the centralized database to automatically periodically access and analyze data stored in the centralized database to identify anomalies in hardware and/or software components of the remote systems. In one embodiment, the data relating to operating statistics of the subcomponents may include data from statistics counters corresponding to the subcomponents, each statistics counter, in one state, indicative of an identifiable error.

Abstract: A method for facilitating discovery of electronic data stored in a data storage system. The method includes generating a snapshot of the electronic data, wherein the snapshot permits read access to the data, and a copy-on-write technique is used to perform modifications to the data, such that the snapshot is immutable but ongoing user operations with respect to the data can be performed substantially without interruption. The method also includes transmitting data of the snapshot over a network to a data cache server to which an analysis computer system is communicatively coupled. In some embodiments, the data cache server may store a local copy of the transmitted data of the snapshot. In this regard, the data cache server may determine whether data requested by the analysis computer system is stored locally, and if so, the data cache server may transmit the data requested directly to the analysis computer system.