Key Metrics for Effective Storage Performance and Capacity Reporting (1 of 10)

This blog series will cover the key metrics in storage that you can use to get a handle on your storage capacity.

•        Storage Architecture – basic concepts

•        Two distinct aspects of storage capacity

•        Virtualization

•        Key metrics from the host and backend storage view

•        Reporting on what is most important

I’ll start with the history of storage architecture.

Storage has increased in complexity, as shown in the diagram below, from left to right

Large environments have gone from megabytes to petabytes in terms of Storage and this growth can result in an increase in cost and complexity. 

On Wednesday I’ll look at the 2 distinct aspects of storage capacity.

Dale Feiste

Principal Consultant