1. A method for automatically identifying a crisis type occurring in a system having a plurality of computer resources, comprising summarizing a plurality of signals collected from each computer resource in the system during an epoch; generating an epoch fingerprint based on summarizing the plurality of signals collected from each computer resource in the system during an epoch, upon detecting a performance crisis within the system, generating a crisis fingerprint consisting of at least one epoch fingerprint; comparing the generated crisis fingerprint against one or more crisis fingerprints stored in a database; and identifying a crisis type based on a favorable match between the generated crisis fingerprint and one of the crisis fingerprints stored in the database.