Partition synoptic graphs by dist. sys. node types

Why is this enhancement useful?

Interpreting a single synoptic graph of a distributed system is often 
challenging. Events that occur at different nodes are mixed, and its unclear 
where an event takes place (e.g. at the replica, or at the master). Often, 
nodes in a distributed system execute different logic (i.e. different programs) 
and therefore it makes sense to partition the synoptic graph into a set of 
graphs, one per node type in the system.

One way to do this is to have the user explicitly specify on the command line a 
set of vector clock indices that correspond to the same node type. Then a set 
of these sets specifies the complete node-type partitioning.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bestchai on 8 Feb 2011 at 8:04

Blocking: #49

PiRSquared17 / synoptic

Partition synoptic graphs by dist. sys. node types #22