| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Percent_busy |
Indicates the percentage of elapsed time during which the disk is busy processing requests (i.e., reads or writes). |
Percent |
Comparing the percentage of time that the different disks are busy, an administrator can determine whether load is properly balanced across the different disks. |
| Disk_read_time |
Indicates the average time (in seconds) taken by the disk to read data. |
Secs |
Ideally, the value of this measure should be low. |
| Disk_write_time |
Indicates the average time (in seconds) taken by the disk to write data. |
Secs |
Ideally, the value of this measure should be low. |
| Read_rate |
Indicates the number of reads happening on a logical disk per second. |
Reads/Sec |
A dramatic increase in this value may be indicative of an I/O bottleneck on the control domain. |
| Data_read_rate |
Indicates the rate at which bytes are transferred from this disk during read operations. |
Kbytes/Sec |
A very high value indicates an I/O bottleneck. |
| Write_rate |
Indicates the number of writes happening on this disk per second. |
Writes/Sec |
A dramatic increase in this value may be indicative of an I/O bottleneck. |
| Data_write_rate |
Indicates the rate at which bytes are transferred from the disk during write operations. |
Kbytes/Sec |
A very high value indicates an I/O bottleneck. |
| Percent_disk_reads |
Indicates the percentage of reads happened on this disk. |
Percent |
A dramatic increase in this value may be indicative of an I/O bottleneck. |
| Percent_disk_writes |
Indicates the percentage of writes happened on this disk. |
Percent |
A very high value indicates an I/O bottleneck. |
| Percent_disk_writes |
Indicates the percentage of writes happened on this disk. |
Percent |
A very high value indicates an I/O bottleneck. |
| Avg_queue_length |
Indicates the average number of requests in the queue of this disk. |
Number |
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| Current_queue_length |
Indicates the current number of requests in the queue of this disk. |
Number |
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