Overview
Vista takes system analysis and performance optimization to the next level.
An easy-to-use interface for creating and viewing plots uses event data gathered by Rangefinder's capacity data collector. This data can be viewed at user-defined time intervals, or in real-time, on-the-fly. Since Vista is web based, performance behavior and capacity planning information can be shared or viewed anywhere, by anybody.
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Features
Interactive Data Viewer
Vista provides a rich set of capabilities for defining and viewing data plots on-the-fly. This is particularly useful capability when attempting to correlate or dismiss cause-and-effect between systems by observing related metrics over common time periods.
Static Report Configurator
Vista can easily create batch, or static, report configurations by applying combinations of rules to groups of hosts. Defining a rule requires choosing one or more hosts, applying one or more metrics along with optional rule data, defining schedule parameters, and specifying sample plot size. Once defined, Vista runs batch reports as scheduled, reporting on the data specified.
Static Data Viewer
Vista's most frequently used feature is to view pre-processed graphs as defined by the report configuration and collection process. Search criteria for selecting reports may be refined by any combination of parameters, resulting in a list of available reports that may be selected for viewing. These reports can be highly customized, including plot sizes and time intervals covered.
Trend Analysis and Metric Correlation
Vista's statistical analysis capabilities can assist in correlating metrics that often help identify recurring, possibly external, events that may be impacting performance. This is especially useful when performing trend analysis by observing the performance of a distributed system as a whole instead of as its discrete components.
Who Benefits
Performance Tuners
Tuners can now access performance measurement information about any application or system, regardless of where they are. Vista's accessibility, graphical presentation, and user-configurable reporting delivers quantifiable, historical performance measurements in the format you need, when you need it, where you need it.
Capacity Planners
Capacity planners can graphically correlate historical performance metrics across multiple systems and applications - within timeframes of their choosing. Vista provides the basis for accurately forecasting equipment budgets, meeting service level agreements, and reducing productivity interruptions.
System Administrators
Administrators now have mobile access to real-time and historical performance measurement information. Timeline views of system activity facilitate the identification of heavy resource users and performance bottlenecks, providing the information they need to quickly resolve critical operational issues.
