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6.1 Performance Monitoring
Performance monitoring and troubleshooting can often be difficult in a complex environment such as
virtualized infrastructure. It is important to understand the tools used and the metrics measured to
monitor the performance. For storage, SAN HQ provides an easy-to-use and intuitive tool for monitoring
storage level performance. Refer to the document Monitoring your PS Series SAN with SAN
HeadQuarters for more information on monitoring and troubleshooting EqualLogic PS SAN performance.
Performance Monitor for Windows can be used to monitor Hyper-V server performance.
6.2 Storage Management
Storage management can be performed from the management server using EqualLogic Group Manager.
Figure 4 shows EqualLogic Group Manager, which is a web-based GUI that can be used to manage the
EqualLogic storage arrays. Features include creating pools and volumes, configuring RAID options, and
configuring access control. As discussed above, SAN HQ can be used to monitor storage performance.
Figure 4. EqualLogic Group Manager