PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16.0.0 Administrator's Guide for DM5500

Usage

The Usage tab displays active tier and cloud tier consumption statistics in a graphical format.

The following graphs are displayed:

Daily written: Provides information about the amount of data that is written before and after compression.
Space usage: Provides information about the space that data occupies, before and after compression. You can view the chart for active tier, cloud tier, or both together.
Consumption: Provides holistic information about data in storage while providing information about capacity, cleaning, and data movement. You can view the chart for active tier, cloud tier, or both together.

The three charts can be manipulated in the following ways to get more detailed information:

Table 1. Usage chart detailsUsage chart details
Feature	Description
Legends	Legends are mentioned at the bottom of the individual charts, it labels the various colored markers that are used in the charts. Click the required legend to omit information of that legend from the chart.
Three vertical dots	Used to filter the chart to view information about active tier, cloud tier, or both.
Slider at the top of the chart	Used to focus the data in the chart to a specific time. Initially, the gray slider is at the extreme ends of the chart, marking the 12 months span that the chart data represents. Move the slider to the right to focus on the most recent data. Move the slider to the left to focus on older data that the chart represents.
Y-axis of the chart	Indicates the size of data.
X-axis of the chart	Indicates the timeline.
Mouse pointer hover over chart	Provides the timestamp of the storage activity.