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Static analysis – HP Insight Control User Manual

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Static analysis

The following configuration information is gathered by hardware discovery and analyzed by
performance management to display the performance status of server components:

Processors—For example, a mix of processors with different cache sizes

Memory

Network connections—For example, the ability to detect a NIC running at reduced speed or
in half-duplex mode

Host buses—For example:

Bus overloading

Too many I/O resources plugged into the same bus on a multi-bus server

Storage—For example:

A fast physical disk drive plugged into an enclosure that cannot support the maximum
I/O capabilities of the drive

A slow physical drive plugged into a fast enclosure

A RAID consisting of a mix of drive speeds

A RAID consisting of a mix of drive capacities

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