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Monitoring storage


In the HCP System Management Console, you can monitor the status and usage of storage components, storage pools, buckets, containers, mount points, and service plans.

Several System Management Console pages and reports display storage status and usage information:

The Storage Overview page shows storage and service plan usage statistics in various formats.

The details pages for these items show overall usage statistics for the applicable component or pool:

oPrimary running storage component

oPrimary running storage pool

oPrimary spindown storage component

oPrimary spindown storage pool

The Storage Components page lists all storage components and shows status and high-level usage information for them.

The details page for an S Series or extended storage component shows detailed usage information for that component.

The Storage Pools page lists all storage pools and shows status and high-level usage information for them.

The details page for an S Series or extended storage pool shows detailed usage statistics for that pool.

The Storage Service Plans page lists all service plans and shows status and high-level usage information for them.

The details page for a service plan shows detailed usage information for that service plan.

The Storage Reports page lets you generate reports that show current and historical usage statistics for storage components, storage pools, and service plans.

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About the storage Overview page


The storage Overview page provides a high-level view of storage component, storage pool, and service plan usage. To display this page, in the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

The top part of the storage Overview page has these sections:

Extended and S Series Storage Statistics — Shows:

o The total number of objects and object parts stored on S Series or extended storage. This number includes objects that are in the process of being created by multipart uploads.

oThe total number of bytes used to store objects and object parts on S Series or extended storage. This number includes the parts of in-progress multipart uploads that have already been written to primary running storage or S Series storage, as applicable. This number does not include replaced parts of multipart uploads, parts uploaded for aborted multipart uploads, or unused parts of completed multipart uploads.

For information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

Erasure Coding Statistics — Shows the total number of erasure-coded objects and object parts stored on the HCP system

Metadata-only Statistics — Shows:

oThe total number of objects for which the HCP system stores only metadata.

oThe total number of bytes not used for storing data for metadata-only objects. This number does not take compression or duplicate elimination into consideration.

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Note: If you have an active/active replication link, the metadata-only statistics fluctuate during object replication.

The Component Usage By Capacity section of the storage Overview page contains:

A bar graph showing the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by each storage component defined on the HCP system. Hover over a bar to see the name of the applicable component and the number of used bytes for that component.

A pie chart showing the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by each storage component defined on the HCP system. Hover over a segment to see, for the applicable component:

oThe amount of used storage for the component as a percent of the total amount of used storage for all storage components defined on the HCP system

oThe component name

oThe number of used bytes for the component

A legend for the bar graph and pie chart. The legend shows the color used for each storage component and the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by the component.

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Note: For an NFS storage component, the number of bytes shown is the total number of bytes used on the NFS storage in the component, including bytes used for the OS, non-HCP files, and system overhead.

The Pool Usage By Capacity section of the storage Overview page contains:

A bar graph showing the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by each storage pool defined on the HCP system. Hover over a bar to see the name of the applicable pool and the number of used bytes for that pool.

A pie chart showing the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by each storage pool defined on the HCP system. Hover over a segment to see, for the applicable pool:

oThe amount of used storage for the the pool as a percent of the total amount of used storage for all storage pools defined on the HCP system

oThe pool name

oThe number of used bytes for the pool

A legend for the bar graph and pie chart. The legend shows the color used for each storage pool and the number of bytes used to store objects on storage represented by the pool.

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Note: For an NFS storage pool, the number of bytes shown is the total number of bytes used on the NFS storage in the pool, including bytes used for the OS, non-HCP files, and system overhead.

The Service Plan Usage section of the storage Overview page displays service plan usage statistics for tenants or for namespaces. To display the statistics you want, click Tenants or Namespaces, as applicable, in the top right corner of the section.

The Service Plan Usage section contains:

A bar graph showing, for each service plan defined on the HCP system:

oIn the tenant view, the number of tenants with one or more namespaces that use that service plan. Hover over a bar to see the name of the applicable service plan and the number of tenants with namespaces using that plan.

oIn the namespace view, the number of namespaces that use that service plan. Hover over a bar to see the name of the applicable service plan and the number of namespaces using that plan.

A pie chart showing, for each service plan defined on the HCP system:

oIn the tenant view, the number of tenants with one or more namespaces that use that service plan. Hover over a segment to see, for the applicable service plan:

The percent of tenants defined on the HCP system that have namespaces using the service plan

The service plan name

The number of tenants with namespaces using the service plan

oIn the namespace view, the number of namespaces that use that service plan. Hover over a bar to see, for the applicable service plan:

The percent of namespaces defined on the HCP system that use the service plan

The service plan name

The number of namespaces using the service plan

If no namespaces are defined on the HCP system, the Service Plan Usage section does not appear on the storage Overview page.

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Understanding the storage component list


The Components page in the HCP System Management Console lists all storage components currently defined on the HCP system. To display this page:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Components.

For each listed component, the Components page shows:

Name — The component name.

Type — The component type, which can be:

oAmazon S3

oGoogle Cloud

oHCP S Series

oMicrosoft Azure

oNFS

oPrimary running

oPrimary spindown

oS3 Compatible

For information about the types of storage these component types represent, see Storage for HCP systems.

Status — The component status:

oActive — The component is not paused, retiring, or retired.

oPaused — A user paused the component. While a component is paused, HCP cannot write to or read from the storage represented by the component.

oRetired — A user retired the component. All objects have been moved off the storage represented by the component.

oRetiring — A user retired the component. HCP is in the process of moving objects off the storage represented by the component.

Usage — The number of bytes currently used to store objects, parts of multipart objects, chunks for erasure-coded objects, and chunks for erasure-coded parts of objects on storage represented by the component.

For primary running and S Series storage components, the number of bytes includes storage occupied by the parts of in-progress multipart uploads that have already been written to storage represented by the component. The number of bytes does not include storage occupied by replaced parts of multipart uploads, parts uploaded for aborted multipart uploads, or unused parts of completed multipart uploads. For information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

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Note: For an NFS storage component, the number of bytes shown is the total number of bytes used on the NFS storage in the component, including bytes used for the OS, non-HCP files, and system overhead.

Compliant — Whether the component is marked compliant. A green checkmark indicates that the component is marked compliant.

If a storage pool includes at least one component that's marked compliant, that pool is considered compliant. A service plan is considered compliant if each tier in the plan includes at least one compliant storage pool. Only compliant service plans can be associated with namespaces that are in compliance mode.

In Use — Whether any buckets, containers, or mount points associated with the component are assigned to a storage pool. A green checkmark indicates that the component includes items that are assigned to a pool.

Alerts — If an issue exists with the component, either a warning icon (WarnIconFilledIn.png) or an error icon (BadIconFilledin.png), depending on the severity of the issue.

If the problem is with the storage network associated with the component, the page also displays an icon that indicates the type of problem.

To view text describing the condition that's causing an alert, hover over the alert icon.

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Understanding component and pool details for primary storage


The details pages for the primary running storage component or pool and the primary spindown storage component or pool show overall usage statistics for the applicable component or pool. To display one of these pages:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Components or Pools, as applicable.

3.In the list of components or pools, click Primary running or Primary spindown, as applicable.

The details page for a primary storage component or pool has a single panel, Overview. The Usage Statistics graph in this panel shows the total storage capacity and amount of used storage for primary running storage or primary spindown storage, as applicable, during the past 30 days (or since HCP was installed if that was less than 30 days ago).

The x-axis in the Usage Statistics graph marks the passage of time. The y-axis measures the storage in gigabytes, terabytes, or petabytes, depending on the storage capacity. As the total storage capacity increases, the intervals on the y-axis get larger. The graph heading indicates the current measurement unit (gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB), or petabytes (PB)).

The legend below the Usage Statistics graph shows:

The total storage capacity of the applicable type, excluding the space required for system overhead and the operating system, as applicable.

The amount of used storage of the applicable type.

The used storage value is the total amount of storage occupied by object data, system and custom metadata, the metadata query engine index, and any redundant data required to satisfy data protection level and metadata protection level settings in service plans.

Used storage includes storage occupied by the parts of in-progress multipart uploads that have already been written to the repository. Used storage does not include storage occupied by replaced parts of multipart uploads, parts uploaded for aborted multipart uploads, or unused parts of completed multipart uploads. For information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

The number of logical volumes of the applicable type that are defined on the HCP system. For information about logical volumes, see About the Nodes page.

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Understanding component details for S Series and extended storage


The details page for an S Series or extended storage component lets you view and modify information about that component. To display this page for a component:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Components.

3.In the component list, click the S Series or extended storage component you want.

The details page for S Series and extended storage components has five tabs:

Overview — Shows read and write information for the component. For more information about this tab, see S Series and extended storage component reads and writes.

Settings — Shows the basic settings for the component and lets you change some of them. For information about the settings for different types of storage components, see:

oCreating an S Series storage component

oAmazon S3 storage components

oGoogle Cloud storage components

oMicrosoft Azure storage components

oNFS storage components

oS3 compatible storage components

Buckets, Containers, or Mount Points — Has two subtabs:

oBuckets, Containers, or Mount Points — Lists the buckets, containers, or mount points included in the component and shows usage information for each item. This tab also lets you add items of the applicable type to the component and remove existing items of the applicable type from the component.

For information about the bucket, container, or mount point list, see Bucket, container, or mount point list for S Series and extended storage components. For information about adding and removing items in the list, see:

For S Series storage components, Creating a bucket, Adding an existing bucket to an S Series storage component, and Deleting a bucket

For extended storage components, Adding access points to an extended storage component and Deleting an unused access point from an extended storage component

oAccounts — Lists the accounts associated with the component and shows usage information for each account. This tab also lets you associate additional accounts with the component and remove existing accounts from the component.

For information about the account list, see Account list. For information about adding and removing accounts for a component, see:

For S Series storage components, Adding an existing S Series Node user account, Updating the owner of a bucket, and Deleting an S Series Node user account

For extended storage components, Configuring a new user account for access to an extended storage endpoint, Updating the owner of a bucket in an extended storage component, and Deleting an unused user account from an extended storage component

The Accounts tab is not present for NFS storage components.

Manage — Lets you pause, resume, delete, or abandon the component. For information about these activities, see:

oFor S Series storage components, Pausing and resuming an S Series storage component and Deleting or abandoning an S Series storage component

oFor extended storage components, Pausing and resuming an extended storage component and Deleting or abandoning an extended storage component

Advanced — Shows the advanced settings for the component and lets you change them. For links to information on the settings for components, see Settings above.

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S Series and extended storage component reads and writes


The Overview tab on the details page for an S Series or extended storage component contains four graphs. These graphs show information about the use of storage represented by the component during the past 30 days (or since the component was added to the HCP system if that was less than 30 days ago).

The graphs are:

Writes (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data written to storage represented by the component.

For an S Series storage component, this number includes:

oBytes written both with the component included in a storage pool in the ingest tier and with the component included in a storage pool in a non-ingest tier.

oBytes written for all parts of multipart uploads regardless of whether the upload of the part has finished, the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

For more information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

Writes (operations) — Shows the number of successful write operations that targeted storage represented by the component.

Each write of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate write operation.

For an S Series storage component:

oThis number includes write operations both with the component included in a pool in the ingest tier and with the component included in a pool in a non-ingest tier.

oEach write of a part of a multipart upload counts as a separate write operation. This applies even if the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

Reads (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data read from storage represented by the component.

Reads (operations) — Shows the number of read operations that successfully retrieved data from storage represented by the component.

Each read of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate read operation.

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Bucket, container, or mount point list for S Series and extended storage components


The Buckets, Containers, or Mount Points subtab on the details page for an S Series or extended storage component lists the items of the applicable type that are included in the component. For each listed item, this tab shows:

Name — The name of the bucket, container, or mount point.

Account — The label for the account associated with the bucket or container. NFS mount points are not associated with accounts.

Usage — The number of bytes currently used to store objects, parts of multipart objects, chunks for erasure-coded objects, and chunks for erasure-coded parts of objects in the bucket, container, or mount point.

For an S Series Node bucket, the number of bytes includes storage occupied by the parts of in-progress multipart uploads that have already been written to the bucket. The number of bytes does not include storage occupied by replaced parts of multipart uploads, parts uploaded for aborted multipart uploads, or unused parts of completed multipart uploads. For information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

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Note: For an NFS mount point, the number of bytes shown is the total number of bytes used on the NFS mount point, including bytes used for non-HCP files and system overhead.

In Use — Whether the bucket, container, or mount point is assigned to a storage pool. A green checkmark indicates that the item is assigned to a pool.

Alerts — If an issue exists with the bucket, container, or mount point, either a warning icon (WarnIconFilledIn.png) or an error icon (BadIconFilledin.png), depending on the severity of the issue.

To view text describing the condition that's causing an alert, hover over the alert icon.

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Account list


The Accounts subtab on the details page for an S Series or extended storage component lists the buckets or containers included in the component, as applicable. For each listed item, this tab shows:

Name — The account label.

In Use — Whether the account is associated with at least one bucket or container. A green checkmark indicates that the account is associated with a bucket or container.

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Understanding the storage pool list


The Pools page in the HCP System Management Console lists all storage pools currently defined on the HCP system. To display this page:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Pools.

For each listed pool, the Pools page shows:

Name — The pool name.

Type — The pool type, which can be:

oAmazon S3

oGoogle Cloud

oHCP S Series

oMicrosoft Azure

oNFS

oPrimary running

oPrimary spindown

oS3 Compatible

For information about the types of storage these pool types represent, see Storage for HCP systems.

Usage — The number of bytes currently used to store objects, parts of multipart objects, chunks for erasure-coded objects, and chunks for erasure-coded parts of objects on storage represented by the pool.

For primary running and S Series storage pools, the number of bytes includes storage occupied by the parts of in-progress multipart uploads that have already been written to the storage represented by the component. The number of bytes does not include storage occupied by replaced parts of multipart uploads, parts uploaded for aborted multipart uploads, or unused parts of completed multipart uploads. For information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

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Note: For an NFS storage pool, the number of bytes shown is the total number of bytes used on the NFS storage in the pool, including bytes used for the OS, non-HCP files, and system overhead.

Compliant — Whether the pool is compliant. A green checkmark indicates that the pool is compliant.

A storage pool is considered compliant if it includes at least one compliant component. A service plan is considered compliant if each tier in the plan includes at least one compliant storage pool. Only compliant service plans can be associated with namespaces that are in compliance mode.

In Use — Whether the pool is included in any storage tiers defined a service plan. A green checkmark indicates that the pool is included in at least one tier.

Alerts — If an issue exists with the pool, either a warning icon (WarnIconFilledIn.png) or an error icon (BadIconFilledin.png), depending on the severity of the issue.

To view text describing the condition that's causing an alert, hover over the alert icon.

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Understanding pool details for S Series and extended storage


The details page for an S Series or extended storage pool lets you view and modify information about that pool. To display this page for a component:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Pools.

3.In the pool list, click the S Series or extended storage pool you want.

The details page for S Series and extended storage pools has three tabs:

Overview — Shows read and write information for the pool. For more information about this tab, see S Series and extended storage pool reads and writes.

Settings — Shows the pool settings and lets you change some of them. For information about the settings for different types of storage pools, see:

oS Series storage pools

oAmazon S3 storage pools

oGoogle Cloud storage pools

oMicrosoft Azure storage pools

oNFS storage pools

oS3 compatible storage pools

Buckets, Containers, or Mount Points — Lists the buckets, containers, or mount points included in the storage components that are of the same type as the storage pool. This tab shows which of these items are currently assigned to the pool. On this tab, you can assign additional items to the pool and remove items from the pool.

For information about the bucket, container, or mount point list, see Bucket, container, or mount point list for S Series and extended storage pools. For information about adding and removing items in the list, see:

oFor S Series storage components, Adding buckets to add an S Series storage pool and Deleting buckets from an S Series storage pool

oFor extended storage components, Adding access points to an extended storage pool and Deleting access points from an extended storage pool

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S Series and extended storage pool reads and writes


The Overview tab on the details page for an S Series or extended storage pool contains four graphs. These graphs show information about the use of storage represented by the pool during the past 30 days (or since the pool was added to the HCP system if that was less than 30 days ago).

The graphs are:

Writes (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data written to storage represented by the pool.

For an S Series storage pool, this number includes:

oBytes written both with the pool included in the ingest tier and with the pool included in a non-ingest tier.

oBytes written for all parts of multipart uploads regardless of whether the upload of the part has finished, the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

For more information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

Writes (operations) — Shows the number of successful write operations that targeted storage represented by the pool.

Each write of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate write operation.

For an S Series storage component:

oThis number includes write operations both with the pool included in the ingest tier and with the pool included in a non-ingest tier.

oEach write of a part of a multipart upload counts as a separate write operation. This applies even if the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

Reads (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data read from storage represented by the pool.

Reads (operations) — Shows the number of read operations that successfully retrieved data from storage represented by the pool.

Each read of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate read operation.

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Bucket, container, or mount point list for S Series and extended storage pools


The Buckets, Containers, or Mount Points tab on the details page for an S Series or extended storage pool lists the items of the applicable type that are included in storage components that are of the same type as the pool. The list is ordered alphabetically by the components that include the listed items. For each listed item, this tab shows:

A checkbox — Whether the bucket, container, or mount point is assigned to a storage pool. A checkmark in the box indicates that the item is assigned to a pool.

Component — The name of the component that includes the bucket, container, or mount point .

Account — The account label associated with the component that includes the bucket or container. This column is not present for NFS mount points.

Bucket, Container, or Mount Point — The name of the bucket, container, or mount point.

Compliant — Whether the component that includes the bucket, container, or mount point is marked compliant. A green checkmark indicates that the component is marked compliant.

Alerts — If an issue exists with the bucket, container, or mount point, either a warning icon (WarnIconFilledIn.png) or an error icon (BadIconFilledin.png), depending on the severity of the issue.

To view text describing the condition that's causing an alert, hover over the alert icon.

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Understanding the service plan list


The Service Plans page in the HCP System Management Console lists all service plans currently defined on the HCP system. To display this page:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Service Plans.

For each listed service plan, the storage Service Plans page shows:

Name — The service plan name.

Tenants — The number of tenants with one or more namespaces that use the service plan.

Namespaces — The number of namespaces that use the service plan.

Status — The service plan status:

oActive — The service plan is not retired.

oRetired — A user retired the service plan. While a service plan is retired, it cannot be associated with any additional tenants or namespaces. However, the plan is still being used by the namespaces that were already using it.

Compliant — Whether the service plan is compliant. A green checkmark indicates that the service plan is compliant.

A service plan is considered compliant if each tier in the plan includes at least one compliant storage pool. A storage pool is considered compliant if it includes at least one compliant component. Only compliant service plans can be associated with namespaces that are in compliance mode.

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Understanding service plan usage details


The Overview tab on the details page for a service plan shows usage information for the plan. To display the details page:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Service Plans.

3.In the service plan list, click the service plan you want.

The Overview tab contains four graphs. These graphs show information about the use of S Series and extended storage due to the service plan. The graphs cover the past 30 days (or since the plan was added to the HCP system if that was less than 30 days ago).

The graphs are:

Writes (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data written to S Series and extended storage due to the service plan.

This number includes:

oBytes written to S Series storage both with the storage included in a storage pool in the ingest tier and with the storage included in a storage pool in a non-ingest tier.

oBytes written for all parts of multipart uploads regardless of whether the upload of the part has finished, the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

For more information about multipart uploads, see Working with multipart uploads.

Writes (operations) — Shows the number of successful write operations that targeted S Series and extended storage due to the service plan.

Each write of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate write operation.

This number includes:

oWrite operations that targeted S Series storage both with the storage included in the ingest tier and with the storage included in a non-ingest tier.

oEach write of a part of a multipart upload. The write operation counts even if the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

Reads (bytes) — Shows the number of bytes of data read from S Series and extended storage, where the data was on that storage due to the service plan.

Reads (operations) — Shows the number of read operations that successfully retrieved data from S Series and extended storage, where the data was on that storage due to the service plan.

Each read of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate read operation.

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About storage reports


Storage reports contain statistics about the use of S Series storage, extended storage, and service plans over time. These reports are a good source of information for storage analysis, enabling you to monitor storage usage patterns at either the component, pool, or service plan level.

Each storage report covers one of these:

A single storage component, single storage pool, or single service plan

All storage components, all storage pools, or all service plans

All storage components, storage pools, and service plans

Storage reports do not include statistics for components and pools representing primary storage.

You generate storage reports from the HCP System Management Console. For each report, you specify the start and end dates of the report period, which is the time period covered by the report. You also specify the reporting interval, which determines whether HCP generates hourly, daily, or total values for the report period.

Storage reports contain aggregated namespace statistics for each tenant that's defined on the HCP system, including the default tenant. For example, for a given tenant and a given storage component, the number of read operations shown for a specific reporting interval is the total number of read operations that:

Targeted storage represented by the component

Occurred during the reporting interval

Targeted objects in the tenant's namespaces

Storage reports also contain aggregated tenant statistics for the HCP system as a whole. Additionally, for an HCP tenant that has granted system-level administrative access to itself, storage reports contain statistics for the individual namespaces owned by that tenant.

HCP generates storage reports in CSV format. Each line in a report contains the values for one namespace, for one tenant, or for the entire HCP system during a specific reporting interval (that is, during a specific hour, during a specific day, or during the entire report period).

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Generating a storage report


When generating a storage report, you need to specify what the report is for, the report period, and the reporting interval. A report can be for one or all components, pools, or service plans or for all components, pools, and service plans.

To specify the report period, you select start and end dates. The report period starts at 12:00:00 a.m. on the start date (shown as 00:00:00) and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on the end date.

The earliest start date you can specify is either 30 days earlier than the current date or the date when the HCP system was installed (if the system was installed less than 30 days ago). The latest end date you can specify is the current date.

You can use the same date as the start date and the end date for a report period. In this case, the report period starts at 12:00:00 a.m. on the specified date and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on that date.

The reporting interval you select determines whether the report contains hourly, daily, or total statistics:

An hourly report contains one set of statistics for each hour in the report period for which statistics are available.

If the report period starts on the day when the HCP system was installed, the first set of statistics in the report covers the time the system first came online through the end of the last minute in that hour. For example, if the system came online at 2:30:20 p.m. on July 25th and the report period starts on July 25th, the first set of statistics in the report covers 2:30:20 p.m. through 2:59:59 p.m. on July 25th.

If the report period ends on the current day, the last set of statistics in the report covers the time from the start of the current hour to the time when you requested the report. For example, if you request an hourly report at 2:30:15 p.m., the last set of statistics in the report covers 2:00:00 p.m. through 2:30:15 p.m. on the current day.

A daily report contains one set of statistics for each day in the report period, where a day is defined as the period from 12:00:00 a.m. through 11:59:59 p.m. on a given date.

If the report period starts on the day when the HCP system was installed, the first set of statistics in the report covers the time the system first came online through the end of the last minute on that day. For example, if the system came online at 2:30:20 p.m. on July 25th and the report period starts on July 25th, the first set of statistics in the report covers 2:30:20 p.m. through 11:59:59 p.m. on July 25th.

If the report period ends on the current day, the last set of statistics in the report covers 12:00:00 a.m. on the current day to the time when you requested the report. For example, if you request a daily report at 2:30:15 p.m., the last set of statistics in the report covers 12:00:00 a.m. through 2:30:15 p.m. on the current day.

A total report contains one set of statistics for the entire report period.

If the report period starts on the day when the HCP system was installed, the statistics in the report cover the time the system first came online either through 11:59:59 p.m. on the last day of the report period or through the time when you requested the report on the currrent day.

For example, if the system came online at 2:30:20 p.m. on July 25th and, at 2:50:25 p.m. on August 7th, you request a total report with a start date of July 25th and an end date of August 7th, the statistics in the report cover 2:30:20 p.m. on July 25th through 2:50:25 p.m. on August 7th.

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Note: Statistics collected for the current hour may not include some reads and writes that have already occurred during the hour. After the hour is over, however, the statistics collected for it are complete.

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Roles: To generate a chargeback report, you need the monitor or administrator role.

To generate a storage report:

1.In the top-level menu of the HCP System Management Console, click Storage.

2.On the left side of the Storage page, click Reports.

3.On the Reports page:

oIn the Report For field, select Component, Pool, Service Plan, or Everything to choose what you want to report on.

Then, in the field next to the Report For field, if you selected Component, Pool, or Service Plan, select the specific component, pool, or service plan you want, or select All to report on all components, pools, or service plans.

oIn the Reporting Interval field, select Hour, Day, or Total to generate an hourly, daily, or total report.

oIn the Start Date field, take one of these actions to specify the start date for the report period:

Click the calendar icon (CalendarIcon.png) to display a calendar. In the calendar, use the arrows at the top to navigate to the month containing the date you want. Then click the date.

Type the date in the text field in mm/dd/yyyy format.

oIn the End Date field, specify the end date for the report period by selecting the date from the calendar or typing the date in the field.

4.Click Download Report. Then select the option to open or save the report file.

By default, the name of the report file is report.csv.

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Storage report content


The first line of a storage report contains identifiers for the values in the subsequent lines. The table below describes each of these values.

Identifier

Value

bytesRead

For a storage component or storage pool, the total number of bytes of data read from storage represented by the component or pool during the reporting interval, where the requested object was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For a service plan, the number of bytes of data read from S Series and extended storage, where the requested object was on that storage due to the service plan and was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

bytesWritten

For a storage component or storage pool, the number of bytes of data written to storage represented by the component or pool during the reporting interval, where the writes targeted the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For a service plan, the number of bytes of data written to S Series and extended storage due to the service plan during the reporting interval, where the writes targeted the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For S Series storage, this number includes:

Bytes written both with the targeted storage included in the ingest tier and with the targeted storage included in a non-ingest tier.

Bytes written for all parts of multipart uploads regardless of whether the upload of the part has finished, the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

deleted

One of:

true — The namespace or tenant was deleted after the statistics in the set were collected.

false — The namespace or tenant currently exists.

included — For a tenant or the HCP system, the statistics in the set include values for one or more namespaces that were subsequently deleted.

deletes

For a storage component or storage pool, the number of successful delete operations that targeted storage represented by the component or pool during the reporting interval, where the deleted object was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For a service plan, the number of successful delete operations that targeted S Series and extended storage due to the service plan during the reporting interval, where the deleted object was on that storage due to the service plan and was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

A delete of a multipart object counts as a single delete operation.

endTime

The end time of the reporting interval for the set of statistics in the line, in the same format as is used for the startTime value.

namespaceName

The name of the namespace to which the set of statistics in the line applies.

In lines that contain tenant or systemwide statistics, this field has no value.

reads

For a storage component or storage pool, the number of read operations that targeted storage represented by the component or pool during the reporting interval, where the requested object was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For a service plan, the number of read operations that successfully retrieved data from S Series or extended storage during the reporting interval, where the requested object was on that storage due to the service plan and was in the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

Each read of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate read operation.

startTime

The start time of the reporting interval for the set of statistics in the line, in this format:

yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss

hh is hours on a 24-hour clock.

For example: 2017-10-07 14:32:47

systemName

One of:

The name of the domain associated with the data access network for the tenant that owns the namespace to which the set of statistics in the line applies

The name of the domain associated with the data access network for the tenant to which the set of aggregated statistics in the line applies

The name of the domain associated with the [hcp_system] network for the HCP system to which the set of aggregated statistics in the line applies

For information about networks, see About virtual networking with HCP.

target The storage component, storage pool, or service plan to which the set of statistics in the line applies.
tenantName

Either:

The name of the tenant that owns the namespace to which the set of statistics in the line applies

The name of the tenant to which the set of statistics in the line applies

In lines that contain systemwide statistics, this field has no value.

valid

The status of the set of statistics in the line. Possible values are:

true — HCP successfully collected all statistics in the set.

false — The statistics in the set do not reflect all the activity that occurred during the reporting interval. This may be due, for example, to one or more nodes being unavailable during that time, to a network failure, or to other hardware issues.

writes

For a storage component or storage pool, the number of successful write operations that targeted storage represented by the component or pool during the reporting interval, where the data was written to the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

For a service plan, the number of successful write operations that targeted S Series and extended storage due to the service plan during the reporting interval, where the data was written to the given namespace, any of the namespaces owned by the given tenant, or any of the HCP namespaces in the HCP system.

Each write of a part of a multipart object counts as a separate write operation.

For S Series storage:

This number includes write operations both with the targeted storage included in the ingest tier and with the targeted storage included in a non-ingest tier.

Each write of a part of a multipart upload counts as a separate write operation. This applies even if the part was subsequently replaced, the multipart upload was aborted, or the part was not used in the completed multipart upload.

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Sample storage report


Here's an example of a daily storage report for the Amazon-Comp-1 component, where the report period is March 5, 2018, through March 6, 2018, and the report was requested at 11:55 a.m. on March 6th. The report shows statistics for the canada and europe tenants. Because system-level users have administrative access to the europe tenant, the report also shows statistics for the individual namespaces owned by the europe tenant. The report is shown as it would appear in a spreadsheet.

systemName tenantName namespaceName target startTime endTime bytesWritten bytesRead writes reads deletes deleted valid
hcp.example.com canada   Amazon-Comp-1 3/5/2018 0:00:00 3/5/2018 23:59:59 206315331 247634 15 6 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com canada   Amazon-Comp-1 3/6/2018 0:00:00 3/6/2018 11:55:59 91476093 64387 27 2 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe finance Amazon-Comp-1 3/5/2018 0:00:00 3/5/2018 23:59:59 123986263 87561 10 1 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe finance Amazon-Comp-1 3/6/2018 0:00:00 3/6/2018 11:55:59 52253026 0 12 0 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe hr Amazon-Comp-1 3/5/2018 0:00:00 3/5/2018 23:59:59 9609368 0 7 0 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe hr Amazon-Comp-1 3/6/2018 0:00:00 3/6/2018 11:55:59 10098019 0 8 0 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe   Amazon-Comp-1 3/5/2018 0:00:00 3/5/2018 23:59:59 133595631 0 17 0 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com europe   Amazon-Comp-1 3/6/2018 0:00:00 3/6/2018 11:55:59 62351045 0 20 0 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com     Amazon-Comp-1 3/5/2018 0:00:00 3/5/2018 23:59:59 339910962 335195 32 7 0 FALSE TRUE
hcp.example.com     Amazon-Comp-1 3/6/2018 0:00:00 3/6/2018 11:55:59 153827138 64387 47 2 0 FALSE TRUE

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