A method and system are described for collecting information from a device
in a network at a collection interval. According to an exemplary
embodiment, a method for collecting the information includes determining
data needed from the device at the collection interval to evaluate the
information. A measurement request is defined for collecting the data
from the device at the collection interval. The measurement request is
merged with other measurement requests for collecting the data from the
device at the collection interval into a single merged measurement
request at the collection interval. The measurement request is also
merged with other measurement requests for collecting the data from the
device at different collection intervals having a common integral divisor
into a single merged measurement request at a highest of the different
collection intervals.