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The following Storage findings can help you tune your system:

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StorageContentiononDeviceClariion
StorageContentiononDeviceClariion
Storage Contention on Device (Clariion)

The instance spent X% x% of its resources waiting for I/O on the specified storage device.

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Table 13-35 Storage Contention on Device findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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■    Consider storage tiering - a faster device may reduce the I/O wait time significantly.

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StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixThick
StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixThick
Storage Contention on Device (Symmetrix Thick)

The instance spent X% x% of its resources waiting for I/O on the specified storage device.

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Table 13-36 Storage Contention on Device findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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■    Consider storage tiering - a faster device may reduce the I/O wait time significantly.

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StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixThin
StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixThin
Storage Contention on Device (Symmetrix Thin)

The instance spent x% of its resources waiting for I/O on the specified storage device.

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Table 13-37 Storage Contention on Device findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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■    Consider storage tiering - a faster device may reduce the I/O wait time significantly.

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StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixFASTVP
StorageContentiononDeviceSymmetrixFASTVP
Storage Contention on Device (Symmetrix F.A.S.T. VP)

The instance spent X% x% of its resources waiting for I/O on the specified storage device.

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Table 13-38 Storage Contention on Device findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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■    Consider storage tiering - a faster device may reduce the I/O wait time significantly.

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StorageContentionbetweenLogandDatafiles
StorageContentionbetweenLogandDatafiles
Storage Contention between Log and Datafiles

The instance spent X% x% of its resources waiting for I/O on the specified storage device. The device contains both Log files and Datafiles.

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Table 13-39 Storage Contention between Log and Datafiles findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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Advice    It has been detected that the Transaction Log files share the storage devices (LUNs) with other database files. Consult the storage administrator about provisioning the storage devices (LUNs) better to avoid this.

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UnbalancedStorageDevicesActivity
UnbalancedStorageDevicesActivity
Unbalanced Storage Devices Activity

The instance I/O activity is not balanced across storage devices.

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Table 13-40 Unbalanced Storage Device Activity findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Compare the storage devices activity over time.

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I/O load across the storage devices.

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StoragewithLowCacheHitRatio
StoragewithLowCacheHitRatio

  
  
  

Storage with Low Cache Hit Ratio

The instance was waiting for I/O on storage devices with low cache read hit ratio.

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■    Enabling "EMC Cache Partitioning", to isolate the instance cache and avoid external contentions.

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StorageContentionontempdb
StorageContentionontempdb
Storage Contention on tempdb

Tempdb datafiles are frequently accessed by the instance. The majority of the operations performed are writing commands, which cause a heavy load on the underlying disks.

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Table 13-42 Storage Contention on tempdb findings

  
  
  

 

Column    Description

What to do next    ■    Examine the device activity over time and database files contention.

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