ThismodulefocusesonAnalyticsandReportingonanIsiloncluster.Copyright©2012EMCCorporation.AllrightsreservedModule9:AnalyticsandReporting1ThislessoncoversInsightIQ.InsightIQisavirtualappliancefromIsilonthatprovidesnetwork,protocol,andCPUutilizationstatistics.InsightIQoffersfileanalyticalfeaturesthathelpclusteradministratorsanswercomplexquestionsaboutclusterusage.Copyright©2012EMCCorporation.AllrightsreservedModule9:AnalyticsandReporting2InsightIQisafeaturethatcanbeusedtomonitorandanalyzeIsilonclusterperformanceandfilesystems.WithInsightIQ,thefollowingtaskscanbeperformed:•Determinewhetheraclusterisperformingoptimally•Comparechangesinperformanceacrossmultiplemetrics,suchasCPUusage,networktraffic,protocoloperations,andclientactivity•Correlatecriticalclustereventswithperformancechanges•Determinetheeffectofworkflows,software,andsystemsonclusterperformanceovertime•ViewandcomparepropertiesofthedataonthefilesystemCopyright©2012EMCCorporation.AllrightsreservedModule9:AnalyticsandReporting3OneFSsupportsSNMPv3andiscompatiblewithearlierSNMPversions.InsightIQcanfunctioninavarietyofVMwarehypervisorsforWindows,Linux,andAppleMacenvironments.InsightIQisusedbyclusteradministratorstomonitorandanalyzeIsilonclusterperformancebyviewingcustomizablechartsthatdisplayhistoricalperformancedatausingavarietyofusefulmetricsaboutclusterhardware,software,andfile-systemandprotocoloperations.InsightIQincludesa70MBvirtualdatastoreandFileSystemAnalytics(FSA).FSAtracksandanalyzesperformancedataatthefile-systemlevel.Forexample,anadministratorcanviewchartsthatshowthedistributionoffilesbysize,age,andlocation.Thistypeofinformationisusefultoanalyzecapacitytrendswhenplanningfuturestorageneeds.Intheblockdiagramabove,theIsilonstorageclusterisontheleft.TheInsightIQVirtualApplianceinthemiddleofthediagramexistsoffthephysicalclusteronahostedvirtualenvironment.OntherightaretheexternalcomponentsofInsightIQ,anNFS-mounteddatastoreandhttp-basedcommunicationsfortheInsightIQreportin