Methods and systems for trouble shooting performance issues in networked storage systems

A non-transitory, machine readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• track performance of a plurality of resources used for reading and writing information at storage devices in a networked storage system, each resource represented by a logical object in a hierarchical structure and performance Odata associated with each logical object is maintained by a processor executing a management application out of a memory device;
• identify a root object associated with a resource having a performance issue as indicated by a threshold violation for the resource;
• select a related object associated with another resource based on a performance issue type and a relationship between the related object and the root object by the management application for comparing performance data of the root object with the related object;
• and
• use the comparison to verify that the root object is a root cause of the performance issue.

A system comprising:

• a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions;
• and a processor module coupled to the memory, the processor module configured to execute the machine executable code to:
• track performance of a plurality of resources used for reading and writing information at storage devices in a networked storage system, each resource represented by a logical object in a hierarchical structure and performance data associated with each logical object is maintained by a processor executing a management application out of a memory device;
• identify a root object associated with a resource having a performance issue as indicated by a threshold violation for the resource;
• select a related object associated with another resource based on a performance issue type and a relationship between the related object and the root object by the management application for comparing performance data of the root object with the related object;
• and
• use the comparison to verify that the root object is a root cause of the performance issue.