Operational Statistics (opstat)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Bernhard Stockman, boss@sunet.se
     Phillip Gross, pgross@nis.ans.net

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Description of Working Group:

     Today there exist a variety of network management tools for the
     collection and presentation of network statistical data.
     Different kinds of measurements and presentation techniques
     makes it hard to compare data between networks.  There exists a
     need to compare these statistical data on a uniform basis to
     facilitate cooperative management, ease problem isolation and
     network planning.

     The Working Group will try to define a model for network
     statistics, a minimal set of common metrics, tools for
     gathering statistical data, a common statistical database
     storage format and common presentation formats.  Collecting
     tools will store data in a given format later to be retrieved
     by presentation tools displaying the data in a predefined way.

Goals and Milestones:

Done       Agreement on a model.

Done       Survey for most useful and popular metrics.

Done       Survey for most useful and popular presentation formats.

Dec 1990   Identify similar efforts being performed by other groups.

Done       Define a common minimal set of metrics.

Mar 1991   Propose a MIB for metrics not already there.

Done       Define a common storage format to facilitate data sharing.

Done       Define common presentation formats to make data comparable.

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Mar 1991   Develop outline, and make writing assignments for paper
           (Opstat1) documenting March 91 milestones.

May 1991   Complete paper Opstat1.

May 1991   Possible mid-term meeting to review Opstat1.

May 1991   Submit Opstat1 as Internet Draft.

Jul 1991   Approve paper Opstat1 for submission as RFC; decide
           standards-track or Informational?

Jul 1991   Define a new collection of tools based on defined metrics,
           defined storage formats and defined presentation formats.

Jul 1991   Propose old tools to be retrofitted.

Jul 1991   Develop outline and make writing assignments for paper
           (Opstat2) on new tools and retrofitted tools

Sep 1991   Complete paper Opstat2

Sep 1991   Possible mid-term meeting to review Opstat2

Sep 1991   Submit Opstat2 as Internet-Draft

Dec 1991   Approve paper Opstat2 for submission as RFC; decide
           standards-track or Informational?



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