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Capacity Forecast

The Capacity Forecast analytic determines the “time‐to‐zero” period for an entity’s key metrics to reach capacity using trend estimates based on long‐term historical usage data. It flags each key metric whose time‐to‐zero period is less than specified thresholds.

Before you can begin analyzing for capacity forecasting, you must collect at least three days’ worth of data. The Integration cannot access capacity information from before the integration was installed.

Capacity Forecast analyzes the following metrics to provide capacity reporting and planning information.

PowerMax Storage Group

Name

Description

Allocated Capacity

The amount of capacity that is allocated

PowerMax Back End Director

Name

Description

BE Director % Utilization

The percentage of time that the back end director is busy

PowerMax Storage Array

Name

Description

Used Usable Capacity

The used capacity of all of the Storage Resource Pools

Backend Utilization

The percentage of time the back end is busy

Disk Utilization

The percentage of time the disk is busy

Front End Utilization

The percentage of time the front end is busy

% Subscribed Capacity

The percentage of the usable capacity that is subscribed

RDF Utilization

The percentage of time the RDF is busy

Subscribed Capacity

The total amount of thin pools (note, this value can be higher than actual usable capacity)

PowerMax SRP

Name

Description

Used Capacity

The used capacity of this Storage Resource Pool

PowerMax Front End Port

Name

Description

FE Port % Utilization

Percentage of time the port is busy