ONTAP Performance Analysis (ONTAP 9.6)

Module 1: Performance Analysis Fundamentals

Basic Concepts of Performance
Performance Monitoring Methodology

Module 2: Performance Analysis Tools

Performance terminology
Using Active IQ Unified Manager

Module 3: Storage System Architecture and Data Flow

FAS and AFF Architecture
Data Flow
NVRAM Functionality

Module 4: WAFL

WAFL Functions
WAFL Readahead
Resolving WAFL issues

Module 5: CPU and Memory

Identifying CPU Performance Bottlenecks
Resolving CPU Performance Bottlenecks
Identifying Memory Performance Bottlenecks
Resolving Memory Performance Bottlenecks

Module 6: Disk Subsystem

Disk Subsystem Hardware
Analyzing and Isolating Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks
Analyzing Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks with Statit
Resolving Disk Subsystem Bottlenecks

Module 7: Cache Subsystem

Cache Subsystem Overview
Flash Cache Feature
Flash Pool Feature
Flash Cache Policies and Flash Pool Policies
Storage Pool
Cache Sizing

Module 8: Storage Quality of Service

Managing System Performance with QoS

Module 9: NAS Subsystem

NAS functions
Identifying NAS Bottlenecks
Resolving NAS Bottlenecks

Module 10: SAN Subsystem

SAN Overview
SAN Multipathing
SAN load balancing
SAN I/O Misalignment
Queue depth

Labs:

Identifying cluster components
Analyzing performance statistics
OnCommand performance manager thresholds, events and alerts
Identifying and resolving storage controller performance issues
WAFL performance monitoring and analysis
Identifying and resolving disk I/O bottlenecks
Exploring cache performance
Cluster interconnect performance
Workload management with storage QoS
NAS performance
SAN protocol performance