RAID Management

Manage Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Disk Array Config—includes array status information for the selected array.

Manage Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Disk Array Config > Disk Drive Status—includes disk drive status information for the selected array.

3.3.1Viewing Array and Partition Statistics

You can view the current array and partition rate and cumulative statistics. The following statistics are available:

Rate statistics

I/O operations per second (IOPS)

Bandwidth (in millions of bytes per second)

Cumulative statistics

Number of read operations

Number of write operations

Number of sectors (512 bytes) read

Number of sectors written

Current command queue depth for each host port

I/O size for each host port

Host read/write histogram that shows how many host reads and writes fell into a particular size range. The I/O ranges are based on powers of two.

Tip: This information may be helpful in interpreting performance based on individual system configuration such as HBA, driver configuration, SAN configuration, and host operating system configuration. The statistical information can be useful to profile applications and their usage of an array and partition, which could be used to determine if additional arrays would increase performance and what RAID level is applicable to your needs. You may want to analyze the performance of the same application using different RAID levels to determine which level gives you the best performance. See Appendix A , ”Array Basics”, on page 89 for more details on RAID levels.

Note The statistics are provided as general information for your use, however, they are not intended for benchmarking purposes.

Similar statistics are also available on an aggregate basis for all arrays. For more information, see.

To view the rate statistics:

From SAM, select Monitor Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Statistics > Partition Rate Stats. To view the cumulative statistics:

From SAM, select Monitor Galaxy 65 Subsystem > Statistics > Cumulative Part Stats.

3.3.1.1Resetting All Statistics

You can reset the following array and partition statistics to zero:

Read

Write

SecRd

SecWt

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Galaxy Metal Gear 65 manual Viewing Array and Partition Statistics, Resetting All Statistics