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hIOmon Documentation |
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The documentation below is provided in Adobe® PDF format and requires the Adobe Acrobat® Reader™ to be viewed You can download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader at the Adobe web site. Also note that the tutorials mentioned below require the use of the free Adobe Macromedia® Flash® Player. Documents that are included within the hIOmon software installation package are identified by an asterisk ("*") below. |
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| A brief 2-page datasheet covering hIOmon specifications, including system requirements, feature list and benefits. | ||||
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A one-page "Success Fact Sheet" article published by IBM that describes and highlights the successful collaboration between hyperI/O LLC and IBM. This collaboration helped expedite the integration of hIOmon with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring solutions, resulting in the hIOmon "Add-On Support for IBM Tivoli Monitoring" which has been validated by IBM as "Ready for IBM Tivoli software". The IBM "Success Fact Sheet" article is also available for download from the IBM web site at: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/vbrief/hyperio_success.pdf |
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This presentation provides a short overview of the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor. Topics such as the "why, what, and how" regarding hIOmon are briefly covered. Some of the major features and benefits of hIOmon are also described in an abbreviated fashion. |
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| Looking at an Application's I/O Behavior (HMP-2008-01) | PDF file (764KB) 16 June 2008 | |||
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This short presentation (about 10 slides content-wise) covers several key concepts related to taking a top-down, application-perspective approach in regards to disk I/O operations and their performance. Several illustrative examples using empirical metrics collected by hIOmon are also included within this presentation, which was given at the Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group (RMWTUG) meetings in June 2008. |
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| The Best I/O is No I/O (HMP-2008-02) | PDF file (1.3MB) 15 July 2008 | |||
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Another short presentation (again about 10 slides content-wise) that discusses the effectiveness of the system file cache and how much of an application's I/O activity actually goes to disk. Examples using empirical metrics collected by hIOmon are included within this presentation, which was given at the Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group (RMWTUG) meetings in July 2008. |
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| File I/O Activity (Undercover) (HMP-2008-03) | PDF file (8.3MB) 17 Aug 2008 | |||
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A short presentation (about 16 slides content-wise) that discusses how the system can be fetching your files unbeknownst to you - and why you see disk drive lights that periodically blink on "idle" systems. I/O trace examples collected by hIOmon are included within this presentation, which was given at the Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group (RMWTUG) meetings in August 2008. |
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The following documents pertain to the installation of the hIOmon software: |
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This ReadMe file provides a brief product description and operation overview, installation instructions, support information, and software release notes for the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor software. |
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This file specifies the hyperI/O LLC "End-User Software License Agreement (EUSLA)"; it provides the terms and conditions for the use (including installing and copying) of the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor software. |
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This document provides information about how to use the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor. It includes a brief overview of hIOmon and its architecture, along with detailed descriptions of the various displays, control commands and other facilities supported by the hIOmon software. |
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| hIOmon Add-On User Guide (HMG-1004-06) | PDF file (4.15MB) * 14 Aug 2008 | |||
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This document provides information about how to use "Add-Ons" provided for use with the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor. These "hIOmon Add-Ons" are auxiliary software utilities that are targeted towards specific tasks and that leverage the extensive functionality of the hIOmon software. |
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| hIOmon Add-On Support for IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring User Guide (HMG-1034-01) | PDF file (3.24MB) 16 Aug 2008 | |
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This document provides detailed information specific to the hIOmon "Add-On Support for IBM Tivoli Monitoring" and its use with the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor software. The information about this hIOmon Add-On, which has met the IBM specifications for validation as "Ready for IBM Tivoli software", includes step-by-step instructions on how to install and configure the associated hIOmon "IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) Intelligent Remote Agent (IRA)". |
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| Getting Started --- Screenshot Tutorials (HWP-0xxx) |
Online tutorials |
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Several tutorials are provided that include screenshot examples with brief "step-by-step" instructions, which show how you can quickly get started using the hIOmon File I/O Performance Monitor. |
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hIOmon White Papers |
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A technically-oriented paper that offers a comprehensive, detailed, in-depth analysis of file I/O performance monitoring and its necessity. |
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hyperI/Osm - improving the performance of storage I/O in computer servers |
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The "Ready for IBM Tivoli software" mark and the trademarks contained therein are trademarks of IBM Corp. IBM is not the licensor of this Business Partner's product and does not make any warranties regarding this Business Partner's product. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
