Xsan 2 Administrator Guide - Graphing SAN Resource Usage

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Graphing SAN Resource Usage

Xsan Admin can display graphs of up to a week of CPU, memory, Ethernet, and Fibre
Channel usage data for any computer on the SAN.

Choose a time period.

Choose a data type.

Choose a SAN computer.

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Chapter 7

Monitoring SAN Status

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Chapter 7

Monitoring SAN Status

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To view usage graphs:
In Xsan Admin, click the Graphs button at the top of the window and use the three

m

pop-up menus in the Graphs window to choose a computer, a data type, and a time
interval.
Memory and CPU resources used by the file system (fsm) process for a volume are
listed under the name of the volume in the Graphs pop-up menu when you choose
the volume’s controller from the Computer pop-up menu.

From the Command Line
You can also check the file system process’s current CPU and memory usage by using
the

top

command in Terminal to check the process named

fsm

on the volume’s

controller.