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Use Case: Uncertainty Plagues Customer Configurations

I/O bound configurations» Bottlenecks are difficult to

pinpoint and identify

Problem Awareness» Application delays and

brownouts

» No easy resolution

Problem Diagnosis» Single system view

» End point only

» Agents, overhead

» Separate tools for resolution

Inadequate tools often lead to “just deploy more storage”

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Use Case: Centrally Diagnose and Fix Problems

Central view delivers visibility to all clients and NFS servers

CACHEfx deployment» Identify root cause

• Client side delays• NFS server delays• Shifting hotspots• Network bottlenecks

» Understand application profiles• Breakdown of NFS commands

(i.e. index info compared to content)

Problem Resolution» Cache frequently accessed data

» Offload overworked NFS servers

» Speed data to I/O intensive clients

Gear6Scalable Caching Appliance