HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 User Guide (T1789-96328, April 2012)

For the P9000 disk arrays
The Pools main category comprises of the following:
• ThP pools
• Smart pools
THP
The THP comprises of the associated RAID groups and their physical LDEVs, and the host groups and
their VVols. Following is the component selection path:
Pools > THP (component type) > Individual ThP pool IDs. Each individual ThP pool further includes
the following:
• RG(s) (component type) > Individual RAID Groups > LDEVs (component type) > Individual LDEVs
configured as smart pool LDEVs
• VVols (component type) > Individual host group > Volumes (component type) > Individual LDEVs
associated with a host group
SMART
The SMART comprises of the RAID groups and physical LDEVs, host groups and VVols, and tiers for
the Smart pools. Following is the component selection path:
Pools > SMART (component type) > Individual Smart pool IDs. Each individual Smart pool further
includes the following:
• RG(s) (component type) > Individual RAID Groups > LDEVs (component type) > Individual LDEVs
configured as smart pool LDEVs
• VVols (component type) > Individual host group > Volumes (component type) > Individual LDEVs
associated with a host group
• Tiers (component type) > Individual tier, indicates the drive type configured. You can view the
I/Os per second and utilization data at the tier level.
In the above image, under Pools for the P9000 disk array 53012:
• Pools is the main category.
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