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

• THP is the component type that displays the individual ThP pools.

• SMART is another component type.

• Pool ID:5 is a Smart pool.

• RG(s) is a component type under Smart Pool ID:5 and lists the RAID groups that are associated

with the Smart pool. RG(s) further expands to display the individual RAID groups and pool LDEVs

associated with the Smart Pool ID:5.

• VVols is a component type under Smart Pool ID:5 and lists the host groups that are associated

with the Smart pool. The VVols are grouped based on the host groups. The number (1) beside

VVols indicates the total number of VVols from the specified host group within the Smart Pool ID:5.

Click VVols to view the associated host groups and physical LDEVs that are assigned as VVols.

• Tiers is a component type under Smart Pool ID:5 and lists the individual tiers configured for the

Smart pool. Each tier indicates the drive type configured.

The related metrics associated with the resources types and components in the THP Pool category are

displayed in the Available Metrics Choose Metric Category list. Select the metrics at the component

type or the individual component levels, or both and view the related performance graphs in the Chart

Work Area. For a description of these metrics, see “Metric Category, metrics, and

descriptions” on page 439.

The following table provides the default set of metric categories that are displayed in the Available

Metrics Choose Metric Category list for the XP and the P9000 disk arrays. The Yes and No under For

the XP disk arrays and For the P9000 disk arrays columns indicate whether the particular default

metric is applicable for that XP or P9000 disk array.

Most used default metric categoryTHP Pool category for XP and P9000 disk arrays

Frontend IO MetricsTHP Pool

Utilization MetricsRG(s)

Utilization MetricsLDEVs

Frontend IO MetricsVVols

Frontend IO MetricsVolumes

Frontend IO MetricsSMART

Frontend IO MetricsTier