eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by VNXeCacheTest

This test monitors the usage of the cache supported by the storage system.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each Storage Processor of the target storage system being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
cleanPages Indicates the number of cache clean pages in this storage processor. Number  
dirtyPages Indicates the number of dirty cache pages in this storage processor. Number These are pages in write cache that have received new data from hosts but have not yet been flushed to disk. While a high value (i.e., a value between 60-80% of the write cache) for this measure is good as it increases the chance of a read coming from cache or additional writes to the same block of data being absorbed by the cache, a very high value - i.e., a value equal to or close to the total number of pages in the write cache - is a sign of bad health, as it indicates that the write cache is over-stressed.  
flushed Indicates the rate at which data blocks were flushed into the cache of this storage processor. Blocks/sec  
flushes Indicates the rate at which flush operations were performed on the cache of this storage processor. Operations/sec  
freePages Indicates the number of free cache pages in this storage processor. Number  
readHits Indicates the maximum number of read requests serviced by the cache of this storage processor per second. Hits/sec The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the time, name of the storage processor and the read hits during that time period.
readMisses Indicates the maximum number of read requests that failed to be serviced from the cache of this storage processor per second. Misses/sec The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the time, name of the storage processor and the read misses during that time period.
writeHits Indicates the maximum number of write requests to this storage processor that were serviced by the cache per second. Hits/sec The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the time, name of the storage processor and the write hits during that time period.
writeMisses Indicates the maximum number of write requests that failed to be serviced to the cache of this storage processor per second. Misses/sec The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the time, name of the storage processor and the write misses during that time period.
dirtyBytes Indicates the maximum amount of dirty data available in the dirty cache pages of this storage processor. MB  
avgReadHits Indicates the average rate of read requests to this storage processor that were serviced by the cache. Hits/sec  
avgReadMisses Indicates the average number of read requests that failed to be serviced from the cache of this storage processor per second. Misses/sec  
avgWriteHits Indicates the average rate of write requests to this storage processor that were serviced by the cache. Hits/sec  
avgWriteMisses Indicates the average number of write requests that failed to be serviced to the cache of this storage processor per second. Misses/sec  
avgDirtyBytes Indicates the average amount of dirty data available in the dirty cache pages of this storage processor. MB  
freePagesPect Indicates the percentage of free cache pages. Percentage  
dirtyPagesPect Indicates the percentage of dirty cache pages. Percentage