The Pure1 Load metric (sometimes referred to as the "busy" meter) provides an easy-to-understand metric to help decide if the array performance is near a limit. This metric is returned as a percentage and reflects how much of the arrays current resources in aggregate are being used to run the current workload. 0% means the array is idle. 100% means that the array is entirely consumed with its workload.
For more details on the load metric itself, please refer to this article:
Array Load Statistics Quick Reference Guide
When the plugin has been authenticated with the Pure1 REST API, the load metric will be available in the plugin. This metric (and its historical value) can be retrieved by selecting an array in the array list and choose the Load tab below the array list.
If load is not available, it is for one of the following reasons:
- Pure1 is not authenticated with the plugin
- The selected FlashArray is not in the authenticated Pure1 organization. This usually means that your company has more than one Pure1 organization. Currently the plugin can only store authentication for a single Pure1 organization
The load metric is not a live value, so it can be delayed by up to an hour, though usually less. The chart allows 4 levels of granularity, the last 3 hours, the last day, the last week or the last month. The Pure1 load metrics is kept for up to 30 days in Pure1, so the plugin shows the maximum time window.
To change the time window, select the dropdown on the right-hand side and choose the desired duration:
Optionally select either to show average values (each data point is the average of the underlying sampled granularity) or the maximum (each data point is the maximum value of that granularity).
The timestamp is set in UTC time (the time zone advertised in the Pure1 REST API). Localization of this timestamp in the plugin is being considered as a future enhancement.