Performance

Backup administrators run one of the most performance-critical systems in any environment. Backups of the entire environment strain infrastructures of even the latest equipment, and it is rare that a backup administrator has an unlimited budget with which to build such an infrastructure. Instead, backup administrators need to understand the performance of each component in the environment to be able to purchase the right equipment to keep overall backup performance optimized. Full performance information for each asset in that infrastructure, be it a client, a network switch or a tape drive, is essential to obtaining the full picture and hence being able to pinpoint performance slowdowns, bottlenecks and where to make the next upgrade.

WysDM for Backups provides comprehensive reporting and analysis of all aspects of performance in the backup environment. Individual reports such as network throughput and processor utilization provide detailed information of performance over time, while higher-level reports such as peak daily throughput give backup administrators the ability to look at longer-term performance trends. The Predictive Analysis Engine continually monitors performance and alerts when it finds atypically high or low levels of performance.