Performance metadata

The data collector collects and stores performance metadata for IBM® block storage systems and non-IBM block storage systems and it collects and stores file system and node performance metadata for IBM Storage Scale storage systems.

Performance metadata is collected and stored for the following IBM block storage systems and non-IBM block storage systems when they are added for monitoring:
Table 1. Block performance metadata by storage system
Storage System IBM Storage Insights Pro IBM Storage Insights
DS8000 Yes Yes
Dell EMC Unity Yes No
Dell EMC VMAX Yes No
Dell EMC VNX, VNXe Yes No
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5000 Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5100 Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem 7200 Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9100 Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9200 Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem 900 Yes Yes
IBM FlashSystem A9000 Yes Yes
IBM FlashSystem A9000R Yes Yes
IBM Storage FlashSystem V9000 Yes Yes
Hitachi VSP Yes No
IBM Storage Accelerate Yes Yes
NetApp ONTAP 9 Yes No
Pure FlashArray//M and FlashArray//X Yes No
SAN Volume Controller Yes Yes
Storwize V3500 Yes Yes
Storwize V3700 Yes Yes
Storwize V5000 Yes Yes
Storwize V7000 Yes Yes
Storwize V7000 Unified Yes Yes
XIV Yes Yes

Node and file system performance metadata is also collected and stored for IBM Storage Scale storage systems.

Restriction: Applies to IBM Storage Insights Pro.