IntelliMagic Balance

IntelliMagic Balance uses the data provided by IntelliMagic Vision to recommend an optimally balanced layout of I/O workloads across storage hardware resources, for single- or multi-tier environments.

IntelliMagic Balance creates a list of easy logical volume moves for existing or new hardware that will ensure the workloads are spread among the available hardware resources in an optimal fashion. 

The effect of these moves is often at least 30% additional performance capacity on the storage hardware, so more work can be safely done.  This removes hotspots and can, in some cases, avoid the expensive addition of SSDs, and it will allow the hardware to perform adequately for significantly longer periods of time. 

Use IntelliMagic Balance to

• Extend the useful life of expensive storage hardware
• Enable more throughput on the same hardware by balancing data smartly across disk groups
• Plan data moves to new storage hardware without introducing new performance risks
• Identify the least expensive tier that meets the performance requirements
• Create an optimal mapping for consolidating small logical volumes to larger volumes
• Create a migration plan that maps logical volumes to physical RAID array groups
• Merge SMS storage groups for more efficient space utilisation
• Significantly reduce job processing times by moving the right data to SSDs
• Show how to increase space utilisation without negatively impacting performance