Determining disk space requirements – HP XP Performance Advisor Software User Manual

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Determining disk space requirements

Use the following formula to determine the disk space requirements for HP XP7 Performance Advisor
on a day basis. The factors that influence the output are the number of arrays, LDEVs, ports, DKC
components, performance data collection, and collection frequency:

Free_Space (MB/day for one array) = [(SECONDS_PER_DAY /

Ldev_Collection_frequency) * LDEVs * Ldev_Space ] + [(SECONDS_PER_DAY

/ Port_Collection_ frequency) * PORTs * Port_Space] + [(SECONDS_PER_DAY/

Dkc_Collection_ frequency) * Dkc_Space]

where:

Free_Space (MB/day) = Total free disk space (in MB) required for a day

LDEVs

= Total number of LDEVs in an XP or an XP7 disk array (includes journal volumes, pool

volumes,

external volumes, and so on)

PORTs

= Total number of ports for an XP or an XP7 disk array

Ldev_Collection_frequency = Collection frequency for LDEVs (in seconds)

Port_Collection_frequency = Collection frequency for ports (in seconds)

Dkc_Collection_ frequency = Collection frequency for DKC (in seconds)

Ldev_Space (per Ldev) = 0.0002 MB

Port_Space (per port) = 0.00008 MB

Dkc_Space (per collection) = 0.0002 MB

SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400

The

consolidated free space that is available for HP XP7 Performance Advisor is the total sum

of

the free space available on all the XP and the XP7 disk arrays monitored by HP XP7

Performance

Advisor.

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