Guardian Performance Analyzer (GPA) User Guide

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Figure 1-1 How GPA works
Figure1-1 Illustrates the GPA analysis process and shows the relationship of MEASURE,
MEASFH, and the various GPA components.
Measure
Collection
MEASURE
MEASFH
GPAGOBJ
GPAHOBJ
GPAH GPAG
Analysis
Reports
(Via Spooler
or File)
PUPIN
SCFIN
----------------
PUPBAK
SCFBAK
OBEYTUNE
LicPfile
LicSfile
Exclude
Global
Tunedata
GPALOG
(Error
Log)
The GPA module is essentially a model of a NonStop system node. In performing its
analysis, GPA breaks the system down into the following subsystems: CPU, memory,
disk volume, and disk cache. GPA then assesses the performance of the system as a