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Detailed Statistics Info

Statistics (Shown in Average and Total)

Read Rate / Data Read – Read count in bytes for a particular path

Write Rate / Data Written – Write count in bytes for a particular path

Command Rate / Command Count – Number of commands sent down a particular path

Error Rate / Error Count – Number of errors for a particular path

Load Balancing Policies

Pressure

The path with the fewest bytes will be used

This option provides the best performance for the digital video market (large transfers)

Queue Depth

The path with the fewest commands will be used

Round Robin

The least used path is selected

Configuring Multipathing

When new devices (Targets and LUNs) are presented to the ATTO HBA, multipathing must be configured and/or saved using the the ATTO Configuration Tool.

User’s can choose between default settings or custom settings (Load Balancing Policies).

Default Settings for DS Storage

Devices are configured using the following policies:

Read/Write modes will be set automatically

Load Balancing Policy for all targets, LUN’s and paths is set to Pressure

Saving Default Settings

Navigate to the Paths tab in the Apple toolbar

Choose “Save Configuration”

Custom Settings

Load Balancing can be configured on a per LUN or per Target basis (depending on which is highlighted in the left pane)

If the Target is highlighted, then all LUN‟s controlled by it will be configured the same.

Highlight either the Taget or LUN to be configured

Navigate to the Paths tab in the Apple toolbar

Choose “Load Balancing”

Notice the configurable options in the lower right pane

Select the Load Balancing Policy for the highlighted path

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