Data Summary

While designing Data Mediation, it is important to determine where to summarize data. For example, if your business objective is to measure average CPU usage over a month for reporting, you have various options. If the data source system has running information and can determine the average over the period, then use a single, summarized data point rather than a data series of five second samplings over the same time period. This data point serves to efficiently use computer and human resources (CPU, bandwidth, maintenance). The best practice is to summarize information early in the process.