Viewing the performance graphs for a disk

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
In the Management Server console, you can view the performance of a disk in an interactive graph. You can review the performance of a disk for different durations - 6 hours, 24 hours, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, or based on live data.
You can view the performance graphs only for a Storage Foundation disk and if the disk belongs to a disk group. Performance charts are not displayed for virtual machines having virtual initiator.
Table: Performance graphs for a disk lists the performance graphs for a disk.
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Table: Performance graphs for a disk

Performance graph name Description
Average Read/Write Latency Displays the average read and write latency for the disk and the trend for the specified duration.
Bytes Read/Written Displays the number of bytes read and written (in bytes) on the disk and the trend for the specified duration.
You can view these performance graphs for the hosts, for which your user group has at least Guest role explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization. You can also view the graphs if your user group has at least Guest role assigned on the Server perspective.
To view the performance graphs for a disk associated with a host
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Server perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Hosts to locate the host.
  3. Expand the host and then expand Disk Groups to locate the disk group.
  4. Select the disk group and click the Disks tab.
  5. In the disks list, right-click on a disk and select Performance. To change the duration, use the drop-down list.
  6. Click the ellipses to select another disk. The ellipses are displayed only if the disk is a shared disk.
To view the performance graphs for a disk associated with an application
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Server perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
  2. Expand Applications and then expandDatabases.
  3. Select the database and click the Disks tab.
  4. In the disks list, right-click on a disk and select Performance. To change the duration, use the drop-down list.
  5. Click the ellipses to select another disk. The ellipses are displayed only if the disk is a shared disk.
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