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8 hours to 15 days) and that changes depending on the collecting interval specified by the user. For
details on the storing period of statistics, see “
Understanding Statistical Storage Ranges
The traffic statistics reported for an LU is aggregated across all LU paths defined for an LU.
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I/O rate is the sum of I/Os across all LU paths defined for an LU.
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Transfer rate is the total transfer rate across all LU paths defined for an LU.
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Response Time is the average response time across all LU paths defined for an LU.
Traffic between HBAs and Storage System Ports
Host bus adapters (HBAs) are adapters contained in hosts. HBAs, which serve as ports on hosts, are
connected to ports on the storage system.
If XP Performance Control is enabled, Performance Monitor provides statistics about traffic between
HBAs and storage system ports. The traffic statistics reveals the number of I/O requests that have
been made from hosts and also reveals the size of data transferred between hosts and storage system
ports. For details on how to view traffic statistics about HBAs, see “
Statistics can be stored for time periods of 8 hours or up to 15 days, and changes depending on the
collecting interval specified. Statistics that have expired are erased from the storage system. For details
on the storing period of statistics, see “
Understanding Statistical Storage Ranges
Overview of Export Tool
Use the Export Tool to export monitoring data (that is, statistics) shown in the Auto LUN window to
text files. You can also use the Export Tool to export monitoring data on remote copy operations
performed by XP Continuous Access, TrueCopy for Mainframe, XP Continuous Access Journal, and
Universal Replicator for Mainframe. If you export monitoring data to text files, you can import the
monitoring data into word processor documents. You can also import the monitoring data into
spreadsheet or database software to analyze the monitoring data.
is an example of a text file imported into spreadsheet software:
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