Volume performance advisor Performance Manager Workload profiles

The volume performance advisor function shows you how to set performance requirements for data retrieval and maintenance and how to allocate data storage to meet these requirements. The advisor uses allocation optimization algorithms to guide you toward a data layout for new storage that will meet your performance requirements.

You can use the Volume performance advisor wizard to estimate the workload of the application for which storage is to be allocated. If you do not know the workload characteristics of the application, you can select a default workload profile from a set of predetermined characteristics for common application types. You select the workload profile from the Workload profile page in the Volume performance advisor wizard.

The volume performance advisor function uses the historical performance information that you provide to make recommendations about volume creation and maintenance. You must define performance collection tasks and run the tasks in scheduled jobs before the volume performance advisor can make recommendations.

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