LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

System Description
634 Administering Platform LSF
System Description
The reporting feature is built on top of the Platform Enterprise Reporting
Framework (PERF) architecture. This architecture defines the communication
between your EGO cluster, relational database, and data sources via the PERF
Loader Controller (PLC). The loader controller is the module that controls multiple
loaders for data collection.
PERF architecture
The following diagram illustrates the PERF architecture as it relates to your cluster,
reporting services, relational database, and data loaders.
Data loaders
The reporting feature collects cluster operation data using data loaders to load data
into tables in a relational database. The data loaders connect to the database using
a JDBC driver. The data loaders handle daylight savings automatically by using
GMT time when collecting data.
Data gathering
methods
The data loaders use different methods of gathering data, depending on the types
of data sources from which the data loaders gather data.
Collect A data collecting loader has full control over what data is gathered from the data
sources.
Retrieve A data retrieving loader does not have full control over what data is gathered and
needs to send a request to the data sources. The data sources send the requested set
of logs or events back to the data loader.