Mining Computing Configurations

大型计算系统，特别是IT（信息技术）系统，由网络连接的硬件服务器、操作系统和数据库、客户服务管理等服务软件组成的复杂配置，这些配置随着时间的推移而不断发展，必须不断进行监控和管理，以纠正故障，适应新的需求。 分析人员很难管理和跟踪这些变化，以便最大限度地提高这些系统的可靠性和性能。 这些配置越来越多地存储在专用数据库中，例如配置管理数据库（CMDB）。 本质上，CMDB记录了计算系统的当前和过去的体系结构。 它用于帮助分析人员控制和维护系统。

Large scale computing systems, notably IT (Information Technology) systems, consist of elaborate configurations made up of hardware servers connected by networks, operating systems and databases, service software such as Customer Service Management and so on. These configurations evolve with time, and must be constantly monitored and managed to correct faults and to adapt to new demands. It is challenging for analysts to manage and track these changes in order to maximize the reliability and performance of these systems. Increasingly, these configurations are stored in special purpose databases such as Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs). In essence, the CMDB records the present and past architectures of the computing system. It is used to help the analysts control and maintain the system.