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Viewing file system cpu and memory utilization – Apple Xsan 1.4 User Manual

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Chapter 6

Monitoring SAN Status

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Choose the type of data you want to graph from the Show pop-up menu and choose a

computer from the On pop-up menu. Use the slider at the bottom of the window to

adjust the time period displayed in the graph.

To turn off mathematical smoothing of the graphs and see only data points, choose

Xsan Admin > Preferences and disable “Smooth graphs under 12 hours.”

Viewing File System CPU and Memory Utilization

You can use Xsan Admin to view graphs of the CPU and memory used by the file

system (fsm) process controlling a particular volume on a controller.

To view a volume’s process resource utilization:

1

Open Xsan Admin and connect to the controller.

2

Select the volume in the SAN Components list and click Graphs.

3

Choose the type of data you want to graph from the Show pop-up menu and choose a

computer from the On pop-up menu. Use the slider at the bottom of the window to

adjust the time period displayed in the graph.

To turn off the mathematical smoothing of the graphs and see measured data points

only, choose Xsan Admin > Preferences and disable “Smooth graphs under 12 hours.”

From the Command Line

You can also check the file system process current CPU and memory utilization by

using the

top

command in Terminal to check the process named

fsm

.