GPA Manual

Guardian Performance Analyzer (GPA) Manual—135081
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Description of GPA Reports
Overview of GPA Reports
GPA reports include standard reports and optional reports. These reports are listed
briefly below and then described in detail.
GPA Standard Report
This subsection describes the following major sections of the GPA Standard Report:
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System Performance Summary
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Process and Busy Distribution Analyses
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Processor Load Balance and Performance Charts
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Disk Volume Performance Analysis
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Cache Performance Analysis
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Processor/Disk Configuration Diagram
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IPC Traffic Analysis
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Disk Subprocess Analysis and Recommendations
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Process Move Recommendations
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Expected System Performance After Tuning
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GPA Analysis Statements
GPA Optional Report
This subsection describes these sections of the GPA Optional Report:
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Summary Section
Process Distribution Analysis
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Detail Section
Busy Distribution Analysis
Send Distribution Analysis
Receive Distribution Analysis
Queue Distribution Analysis
Note. This applies only to the process class optional reports: SYSTEM, SERVER,
SUBSYSTEM, TRANSIENT, PATHWAY, and OTHER. The rest of the optional reports are
described in Section 4, Using GPA Information.