HIOmon Overview (9/01) © 2001 hyperI/O LLC. 1 hyperI/O LLC. 4450 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 100...

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How fast are your files?™

hIOmon hIOmon OverviewOverview

Tom [email protected]

Doc Nbr: HMP-1120-03 (September 2001)

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• More about hIOmon™

• Looking for answers – how hIOmon™ can help

Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

• So what’s the problem?


More Productivity

More Information

More Profit

More Time

Benefits of Improved Performance:

So how do you gain better performance?

Better Performance

Focus upon Focus upon PerformancePerformance


Faster: processors (>1GHz, SMP, x-Way)

busses (PCI-X, InfiniBand™)

Faster computer

hardware

But how much performance have you actually gained?- and what’s the actual Return-On-Investment (ROI)?

(Moore’s Law: 2x every 18

months) • NAS, SAN, DAFS, iSCSI

Storage I/O connections:

Storage I/O interfaces:

• SCSI, FC, 10GbE, VIA

Computer hardware keeps getting Computer hardware keeps getting FasterFaster


Storage capacity

deployed

How do you get and manage better storage performance,especially with more and more storage capacity?

• Individual storage device capacity keeps doubling (even faster than Moore’s Law)

Storage device

capacityDigital data growth:

• 45-60+% / year• >50% capital investment

• Managing the storage costs more than the storage

itself

• Storage is a major component of computer systems

The explosive growth of The explosive growth of StorageStorage


There is an enormous gulf between the performance capabilities of the faster computer hardware (particularly processors) and …

the performance capabilities of storage:

A Performance Predicament

Waiting, waiting, waiting … for your DataWaiting, waiting, waiting … for your Data


• Computer hardware keeps getting faster • And the amount of storage keeps growing

So how much performance:- have you actually gained?- and what’s the bottom line ROI?

• But storage performance has not kept pace

• Better performance is important

(many benefits to be gained)

Problem SummaryProblem Summary


Files are:• Integral part of the computer system itself• Main mechanism by which users and most

application programs access data (files arethe tangible part of storage) • A cornerstone for accessing data within

theemergent world of ‘virtualized storage’ A key starting point for

assessing theoverall performance and productivityof your computer systems

Looking for answers – files everywhereLooking for answers – files everywhere


Measuring/monitoring storage I/O performance

at the file level• Deal with storage I/O performance issues in terms

that you can more easily understand and identify

• Get empirical data to determine actual benefit/ROI

• Evaluate/verify proposed performance improvements

(including the various new emerging technologies)based upon a crucial computer system component • Manage your specific storage assets to

ensure thatrequired performance levels are met as expected

Measuring to meliorate and manageMeasuring to meliorate and manage


Easily

Quickly Precisely Reliably

Measure and monitor disk I/O operations at the specific FILE level

How hIOmon™ can helpHow hIOmon™ can help

hIOmon™ - the File I/O Performance Monitor


hIOmon™ ArchitecturehIOmon™ Architecture

A flexible, adaptable, scalable architecture:

Currently supports Microsoft® Windows® NT and 2000


Supports both real-time and replay display modes

• Local or remote control/display over network

• Selectable performance metrics to collect• Export capability (CSV file for spreadsheets)

• Specific file selection(with wildcard and exclusion support)

hIOmon™ - Easy to usehIOmon™ - Easy to use

• Simple, easy-to-use Java™ GUI display(set options and view file I/O performance metrics)


Features an efficient, lightweight I/O Monitor component

• Configurable start-up and set-up options

(including support for automated operation)

Periodic Close-file Alert basis

• Alert capabilities to monitor selected file I/O

performance thresholds (user-specified)

• Summary performance metrics on a:

hIOmon™ - Fast and efficient operationhIOmon™ - Fast and efficient operation

• Installs in just a few minutes


Supports detection of sequential access within the file

• Detailed I/O performance metrics option

(individual file I/O operation basis)• Summarized I/O performance metrics option Types/rates of file I/O operations

performed Minimum, average and maximum response times Amount of data transferred & data transfer sizes Maximum data transfer rate observed And more …

• Precision time stamps(support for sub-millisecond precision)

hIOmon™ - Precise performance metricshIOmon™ - Precise performance metrics


Help assess actual performance gains and ROI

• Verify/ensure required levels of file I/Operformance (QoS) are being met

• Evaluate proposed improvements to the

performance of your computer systems• Help reduce storage management

costs• Prudently approach and adopt emerging

storage technologies

hIOmon™ BenefitshIOmon™ Benefits

• Better diagnose and understandstorage access performance problems


Available on a monthly, subscription-fee contractual basis

• ‘Personal Use’ or ‘Business Use’

• ‘Single Computer Use’ or ‘Network Version’• Operating system type and platform

• ‘Detailed’ and/or ‘Summarized’ File I/O

performance metric information options

hIOmon™ is a Licensed Software service

hIOmon™ Licensing OptionshIOmon™ Licensing Options


Following are available at www.hyperIO.com:

hIOmon™ User Guide (HMG-1093) ‘How fast are your files? ™ A Case

for Monitoring File I/O Performance’(WP-1177) white paper hIOmon™ Overview (HMP-

1120)

hIOmon™ - More InformationhIOmon™ - More Information

hIOmon™ Datasheet (HMI-1090)

Thanks for your interest !!!

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