Well-managed data processing empowers all successful organizations today. You need to be certain that your investment in high-performance hardware is giving you maximum productivity.

The Problem

Your SGI servers were tuned for optimum performance at installation. But that performance is affected by software upgrades and installations and other site-specific changes. As the system evolves, administrators face a two-pronged challenge: holding performance and productivity at optimum levels and determining the most cost-effective upgrade path.

The real need here is for hard data about system performance. You need it for benchmarking and for evaluating upgrades. It lets you identify underutilized resources. It helps you with capacity planning and hardware acquisitions. It enables you to deal proactively with bottlenecks before they can affect uptime or server response.

SGI Managed Services fills these needs with its Performance Monitoring Service. It applies sophisticated management tools that enable you to reduce costs, improve performance, and get the most from your hardware investment. Two best-in-class technologies keep you informed of critical performance parameters:

- Embedded Support Partner (ESP) monitors system performance to identify CPU, disk, memory, and network problems before they impact system availability

- The Performance Co-Pilot^TM software tool collects systems-level performance data on hardware, OS, and service layers and provides a historical record in graphical format

Monitoring and data collection do not affect system performance.

After the Performance Monitoring Service is complete, ESP remains activated to give you continuous proactive monitoring and call logging support from SGI Technology Solutions.