Course Objectives
Describe how to use NetApp tools for performance measurement
Describe the layers within the ONTAP architecture
Diagram the flow of read and write requests through the network and data layers of ONTAP software
Discuss how storage quality of service (QoS) operates in an ONTAP cluster
Explain how to monitor and manage workload performance
Use the performance analysis tools to identify NAS and SAN performance obstacles
Who Should Attend?
Professionals who manage NetApp storage systems and would like a deeper understanding of Clustered Data ONTAP system performance
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Agenda
1 - Performance Analysis Fundamentals
- Basic Concepts of Performance
- Performance Monitoring Methodology
2 - Performance Analysis Tools
- Performance terminology
- Using Active IQ Unified Manager
3 - Storage System Architecture and Data Flow
- FAS and AFF Architecture
- Data Flow
- NVRAM Functionality
4 - WAFL
- WAFL Functions
- WAFL Readahead
- Resolving WAFL issues
5 - CPU and Memory
- Identifying CPU Performance Bottlenecks
- Resolving CPU Performance Bottlenecks
- Identifying Memory Performance Bottlenecks
- Resolving Memory Performance Bottlenecks
6 - Disk Subsystem
- Disk Subsystem Hardware
- Analyzing and Isolating Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks
- Analyzing Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks with Statit
- Resolving Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks
7 - Cache Subsystem
- Cache Subsystem Overview
- Flash Cache Feature
- Flash Pool Feature
- Flash Cache Policies and Flash Pool Policies
- Storage Pool
- Cache Sizing
8 - Storage Quality of Service
- Managing System Performance with QoS
9 - NAS Subsystem
- NAS functions
- Identifying NAS Bottlenecks
- Resolving NAS Bottlenecks
10 - SAN Subsystem
- SAN Overview
- SAN Multipathing
- SAN load balancing
- SAN I/O Misalignment
- Queue depth