Arxview Data Center Analytics Engine
Report List
Standard Discovery: Targets
SAN Arrays
NAS Filers
VMware VCenter Servers
Servers (physical and virtual)*
* Arxview gathers lists of servers in the course of the array discovery (as SAN hosts), the VMware
VCenter discovery (as ESX servers or virtual machines), and via Active Directory as standalone
Windows servers. Additional servers can also be bulk-loaded by spreadsheet or manually
entered.
Standard Discovery: Metrics
Many metrics are available at any level in the physical structure: by enterprise, region, data center,
storage type (SAN, NAS, DAS), or individual asset (array, filer, server).
Capacity and Utilization
o Capacities
Raw capacity
Raided raw capacity
Usable capacity
Allocated capacity
Provisioned capacity
Used capacity
Overhead usage (replication, etc.)
Asset Inventory
o Array configuration
Vendor
Model
Version
LUN details
LUN name
LUN number
LUN WWN
Hosts
RAID group / Storage pool
Device type / configuration
Size (GB)
End-user usage (GB)
End-user usage (%)
Disk details
Disk name
Vendor
Model
Serial number
Shelf
Bay
RAID group
Type
Status
Capacity (GB)
Storage pool / disk group details
Associated volumes
Replication partnership details
Source
Destination
Replication usage (GB)
Host details
LUNs to host device mapping
Total provisioned (GB)
Total usage (GB)
Port WWNs
Device details
Configuration type
Total capacity per configuration type
Total count by configuration type
Disk cluster failover partners
Performance monitoring (raw, average, minimum, and peak)
Presented at system level as well as subcomponents based on specific
platform, for example:
o System
o Volume
o Disk
o Host port
o Controller
o Interface
o Disk group
o Aggregate
o Qtree
Typical metrics include:
o IOPs
Read
Write
Total
o Throughput
o Read
o Write
o Total
Latency
o Read
o Write
o Total
o Total
Utilization %
Additional metrics as reported by each platform
Server configuration
Vendor
Model
Operating system
Service date
# processors
Memory (GB)
Device/drive details
Name
Path
Capacity
Usage
Device to LUN mapping
HBA details
Vendor
Model
Version
Node WWN
Status
Ports
LVM details
LVM type / vendor
Disks
o Size (GB)
o Free (GB)
o Free (%)
o Spare (GB)
Disk / volume groups
o Size (GB)
o Free (GB)
o Free (%)
o Spare (GB)
Volumes
o Size (GB)
o Usage (GB)
Database details
Type
o MS SQL
o Oracle
o Sybase
Instance
Name
Size (GB)
Allocated (GB)
Free (GB)
Free (%)
File-level Discovery: Targets
NAS shares (CIFS & NFS)
Physical and virtual server devices (Windows, UNIX & Linux)
File-level Discovery: Metrics
Full file listing at any level in the organization:
o Enterprise (global)
o Region
o Data center
o Storage type (SAN, NAS, DAS)
o Asset (array, filer, VCenter server, Virtual Datacenter, ESX, virtual machine, server)
Detailed file metrics:
o Name
o Size
o Path
o File extension
o File type
o Create date
o Modify date
o Access date
File listings by:
o File type
o File access date (Stale Files)
o Duplicate files
o Top 20s:
Largest files
Most duplicated files
File type
LOB Metrics
Arxview allows users to create logical containers (LOBs) that can be assigned various types of storage
assets, including servers, drives, volumes, and so forth. These LOBs are typically used to represent the
customers lines of business, project teams, or application groups.
Once storage assets have been assigned to an LOB (via a simple drag-and-drop interface), the daily
allocated and used space are displayed. In addition, many of the above metrics are reported on in the
context of a specific LOB. For example, one can view an LOBs asset inventory, its files, and so forth.
These logical to physical dependencies are displayed throughout the product, including in a graphical,
interactive topology view.
