Getting resourceful with machine learning

From the data-center perspective, flapping events are those that occur when a service or host starts changing its state too frequently. This results in a large number of alarms, which can indicate either transient or real network problems. Some of the reasons for flapping events to occur are hardware/software errors, storage issues, unreliable connections and broken communication links. Event flapping causes resource wastage, decreased performance, and diminished customer experience. We estimate that 50% of the tickets raised during monitoring are "flapping events."