Analyzing performance and capacity of a complex storage environment for predicting expected incident of resource exhaustion on a data path of interest by analyzing maximum values of resource usage over time

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device coupled to the processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the storage device contains program code executable by the processor via the memory device to implement a method for predicting a failure or performance degradation of a storage environment having a plurality of component and subcomponents, the method comprising:
• monitoring, by a processor of a computing system, a current utilization of one or more resources associated with the plurality of components and subcomponents over a data path of interest, wherein the one or more resources affect one or more performance measures of the storage environment;
• calculating, by the processor, a maximum utilization threshold for each resource of the one or more resources, such that exceeding the maximum utilization threshold impacts one or more performance measures, wherein the maximum utilization threshold is based on a maximum utilization of a component of the storage environment;
• creating, by the processor, an expected performance threshold associated with an expected performance for each performance measure of the one or more performance measures over the data path of interest;
• ascertaining, by the processor, an actual performance for each performance measure based on the monitoring of the current utilization;
• analyzing, by the processor, maximum values of resource usage over time to predict when the expected performance will fall outside of an overall performance threshold for the data path of interest;
• and
• determining, by the processor, an expected incident of resource exhaustion on the data path of interest based on the analyzing of the maximum values of resource usage over time;
• wherein the computing system automatically performs a corrective action in response to the determining an expected incident of resource exhaustion on the data path of interest, the corrective action including automatically generating a purchase order to purchase a replacement component without a user reviewing the purchase order.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method for predicting a failure or performance degradation of a storage environment having a plurality of component and subcomponents, comprising:

• monitoring, by a processor of a computing system, a current utilization of one or more resources associated with the plurality of components and subcomponents over a data path of interest, wherein the one or more resources affect one or more performance measures of the storage environment;
• calculating, by the processor, a maximum utilization threshold for each resource of the one or more resources, such that exceeding the maximum utilization threshold impacts one or more performance measures, wherein the maximum utilization threshold is based on a maximum utilization of a component of the storage environment;
• creating, by the processor, an expected performance threshold associated with an expected performance for each performance measure of the one or more performance measures over the data path of interest;
• ascertaining, by the processor, an actual performance for each performance measure based on the monitoring of the current utilization;
• analyzing, by the processor, maximum values of resource usage over time to predict when the expected performance will fall outside of an overall performance threshold for the data path of interest;
• and
• determining, by the processor, an expected incident of resource exhaustion on the data path of interest based on the analyzing of the maximum values of resource usage over time;
• wherein the computing system automatically performs a corrective action in response to the determining an expected incident of resource exhaustion on the data path of interest, the corrective action including automatically generating a purchase order to purchase a replacement component without a user reviewing the purchase order.