Method for analyzing performance information

• US 8,407,414 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Takeda, Kei, Kusama, Takato
• Primary Examiner(s): Verbrugge, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/418,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 711/111
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3485 for I/O devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/815 Virtual middleware or OS functionality using virtual machines to implement generic software techniques for error detection or fault masking G06F11/1484
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/87 Monitoring of transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/885 Monitoring specific for caches
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A management computer includes a communication device for communicating with a storage system and a plurality of computers. The management computer also includes a processor executing to: store relation information between the storage system and the plurality of computers; collect a plurality of computer performance information about computer-side I/O loads generated by programs on the plurality of computers, from the plurality of computers; identify a storage resource from a plurality of storage resources in the storage system; and identify at least one computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information; and output the at least one computer performance information to a display. The at least one computer performance information corresponds to a certain computer-side I/O load that generates a load to the identified storage resource.

Claims

1. A management computer comprising:

a communication device for communicating with a storage system and a plurality of computers; and

a processor executing to;

store relation information between the storage system and the plurality of computers;

collect a plurality of computer performance information about computer-side I/O loads generated by programs on the plurality of computers, from the plurality of computers;

identify a storage resource from a plurality of storage resources in the storage system;

identify computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information; and

output the identified computer performance information to a display,

wherein the identified computer performance information corresponds to a certain computer-side I/O load that generates a load to the identified storage resource.

2. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein a type of the identified computer performance information is an IOPS or a transfer rate.

3. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the processor executes to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that a historical graph of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

4. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the processor executes to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that at least one numeric value of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

5. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the processor executes to output another performance information on an I/O route used when the certain computer-side I/O load generates the load to the identified storage resource to the display.

6. A management computer according to claim 5,

wherein the another performance information indicates performance information of a switch device on the I/O route.

7. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the display has a view that includes a first region showing the identified computer performance information, and

wherein, to another region in the view, the processor executes to display a storage resource tree of the plurality of storage resources for acquiring an ID of the identified storage resource.

8. A management computer according to claim 1, further comprising:

the display device.

9. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of computer performance information are performance information of a plurality of computer-side volumes configured in the plurality of computers.

10. A management computer according to claim 1,

wherein the processor executes to:

identify a certain computer from the plurality of computers; and

output storage performance information corresponding to at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.

11. A management computer according to claim 10,

wherein the processor executes to further identify another computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information, output the further identified another computer performance information to the display, and

wherein the further identified another computer performance information corresponds to the at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.

12. A system comprising:

a plurality of computers;

a storage system; and

a management computer having a processor executing to;

store relation information between the storage system and the plurality of computers;

collect a plurality of computer performance information about computer-side I/O loads generated by programs on the plurality of computers, from the plurality of computers;

identify a storage resource from a plurality of storage resources in the storage system;

identify computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information; and

output the identified computer performance information to a display,

wherein the identified computer performance information corresponds to a certain computer-side I/O load that generates a load to the identified storage resource.

13. A system according to claim 12,

wherein a type of the identified computer performance information is an IOPS or a transfer rate.

14. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the processor executes to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that the a historical graph of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

15. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the processor executes to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that at least one numeric value of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

16. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the processor executes to output another performance information on an I/O route used when the certain computer-side I/O load generates the load to the identified storage resource to the display.

17. A system according to claim 16,

wherein the another performance information indicates performance information of a switch device on the I/O route.

18. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the display has a view that includes a first region showing the identified computer performance information, and

wherein, to another region in the view, the processor executes to display a storage resource tree of the plurality of storage resources for acquiring an ID of the identified storage resource.

19. A system according to claim 12, further comprising:

the display device.

20. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the plurality of computer performance information are performance information of a plurality of computer-side volumes configured in the plurality of computers.

21. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the processor executes to:

identify a certain computer from the plurality of computers; and

output storage performance information corresponding to at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.

22. A system according to claim 12,

wherein the processor executes to further identify another computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information, output the further identified another computer performance information to the display, and

wherein the further identified another computer performance information corresponds to the at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program in a memory of a management computer, the management computer having a communication device for communicating with a storage system and a plurality of computers, the program causing a processor of the management computer to execute code to:

store relation information between the storage system and the plurality of computers;

collect a plurality of computer performance information about computer-side I/O loads generated by programs on the plurality of computers, from the plurality of computers;

identify a storage resource from a plurality of storage resources in the storage system;

identify computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information; and

output the identified computer performance information to a display,

wherein the identified computer performance information corresponds to a certain computer-side I/O load that generates a load to the identified storage resource.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein a type of the identified computer performance information is an IOPS or a transfer rate.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the processor executes code to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that the a historical graph of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the processor executes code to output the identified computer performance information to the display so that at least one numeric value of the identified computer performance information can be displayed.

27. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the processor executes code to output another performance information on an I/O route used when the certain computer-side I/O load generates the load to the identified storage resource to the display.

28. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the another performance information indicates performance information of a switch device on the I/O route.

29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the display has a view that includes a first region showing the identified computer performance information, and

wherein, to another region in the view, the processor executes code to display a storage resource tree of the plurality of storage resources for acquiring an ID of the identified storage resource.

30. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23, further comprising:

the display device.

31. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the plurality of computer performance information are performance information of a plurality of computer-side volumes configured in the plurality of computers.

32. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23,

wherein the processor executes code to:

identify a certain computer from the plurality of computers; and

output storage performance information corresponding to at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.

33. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 32,

wherein the processor executes code to further identify another computer performance information from the plurality of computer performance information based on the relation information, output the further identified another computer performance information to the display, and

wherein the further identified another computer performance information corresponds to the at least one storage resource which the identified certain computer utilizes.