EWR@VAX01.AMS.COM (Betsy Ramsey) (08/02/88)
We're looking for tools with which to perform capacity planning and
performance management on our VAXcluster. We have SPM and have been
using it for three years, but it doesn't give us all the information
we need.
In particular, we need a tool that will answer the following questions:
o When will we exhaust a major resource (CPU, memory, I/O band-
width)? This tool should be able to examine many months of data
and predict months in advance.
o How is our system being used currently, on average? I need to
know which users (and accounts) running which images are
responsible for using the CPU, memory and disk capacity. I don't
need to know this about today, but for an average day over some
long period of time, like a month.
Will VPA (the VAX Performance Advisor) do this for me? Is anyone
using it for similar purposes? If so, please comment directly to me.
If I get a sufficient number responses, I'll summarize to the net.
Betsy Ramsey EWR@VAX01.AMS.COM
American Mathematical Society Phone: 401-272-9500
Providence, RI
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