Abstract:
Analysis is performed on a collection of data that is recorded for the storage system during a first time frame. The recorded collection of data includes a plurality of performance parameters that are determined from, for example, diagnostic tools that continually operate on the storage system. A set of baseline values are determined for each of the plurality of performance parameters by analyzing the recorded collection of data from an older portion of the time frame. For each parameter, a set of performance parameter values obtained from a recent portion of the time frame is compared to a corresponding baseline value of that performance parameter. From performing the comparison, one or more anomalies that are indicative of a particular problem on the storage system are determined for one or more of the plurality of performance parameters.