IBM TS7700 Replication – Is Your Data Safe? (Part 2 of 2)
This blog explores how IntelliMagic Vision can be used to monitor the health of the TS7700 replication process.
Does your Disaster Recovery Plan Meet its Objectives? Analyzing TS7700 Tape Replication (Part 1 of 2)
This blog is the first in a series of two blogs on the topic of Mainframe Virtual Tape Replication.
You Can’t Do Performance Analysis with SMI-S and Other Myths
This blog discusses the myth that SMI-S is not designed for performance management.
IBM TS7700 Performance – What to do if your Cache Hit Percent drops too low?
IntelliMagic Vision can help us look at various aspects of the TS7700 to determine what actions (if any) need to be taken.
Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and the Block Services Performance (BSP) sub-profile: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 3 “The Ugly”
This blog focuses on the Block Services Performance (BSP) Sub-profile.
Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and the Block Services Performance (BSP) sub-profile: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 2 “The Bad”
While the technology chosen by the SMI program has significant benefits, it also has challenges.
The Storage Management Initiative (SMI): the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1 “The Good”
The notion of having a common mechanism to communicate with and report on storage devices is good for both us as a company that provides storage analytics software, and for our customers.
nil sub sole novum – Vision 7 Support for IBM APAR OA39993
IntelliMagic Vision provides support for tracking Interrupt Delay Time which is a timely addition to sub-millisecond response time reporting.
Less is More – Why 32 HyperPAVs are Better than 128
This blog discusses why you should base the number of aliases on the number of I/Os being processed concurrently on a channel set.
What HDS VSP and HP XP P9500 Should Be Reporting in RMF/SMF – But Aren’t
This post is about the Hitachi high-end storage array that is sold by HDS as the VSP and by HP as the XP P9500.
What EMC VMAX Should Be Reporting in RMF/SMF – But Isn’t
This is the third in a series of four blogs on the status of RMF as a storage performance monitoring tool. This one is specifically about EMC VMAX.
What IBM DS8000 Should Be Reporting in RMF/SMF – But Aren’t
This the second in a series of four blogs on the status of RMF as a storage performance monitoring tool and is based on experience using available instrumentation for IBM DS8000.