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Abstract
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides guidance about how to configure, monitor, and manage your IBM System Storage™ DS8000® to achieve optimum performance. It describes the DS8000 performance features and characteristics and how they can be exploited with the various server platforms that attach to the DS8000. Then, in separate chapters, we detail specific performance recommendations and discussions that apply for each server environment, as well as for database and DS8000 Copy Services environments.
We also outline the various tools available for monitoring and measuring I/O performance for different server environments, as well as describe how to monitor the performance of the entire DS8000 subsystem.
This book is intended for individuals who want to maximize the performance of their DS8000 and investigate the planning and monitoring tools that are available.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. DS8000 characteristics
Chapter 2. Hardware configuration
Chapter 3. Understanding your workload
Chapter 4. Logical configuration concepts and terminology
Chapter 5. Logical configuration performance considerations
Chapter 6. Performance management process
Chapter 7. Performance planning tools
Chapter 8. Practical performance management
Chapter 9. Host attachment
Chapter 10. Performance considerations with Windows Servers
Chapter 11. Performance considerations with UNIX servers
Chapter 12. Performance considerations with VMware
Chapter 13. Performance considerations with Linux
Chapter 14. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller attachment
Chapter 15. System z servers
Chapter 16. Databases
Chapter 17. Copy Services performance
Appendix A. Logical configuration examples
Appendix B. Windows server performance log collection
Appendix C. UNIX shell scripts
Appendix D. Post-processing scripts
Appendix E. Benchmarking