Techniques for filtering workload and performance data

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code stored thereon that, when executed, performs a method comprising:

• selecting one or more components of a component category;
• specifying filtering criteria, wherein the filtering criteria includes a first operation and a first set of one or more metrics included in the collected workload and performance data for the one or more components selected, wherein said first operation is applied to the first set of one or more metrics and is selected from a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations including at least one arithmetic operation, at least one logical operation and at least one relational operation, wherein said specifying includes executing an interactive dialogue to build au expression denoting the filtering criteria, the interactive dialogue including a plurality of steps to obtain a plurality of corresponding user inputs, wherein for each of the plurality of steps obtaining one of the corresponding user inputs, a different portion of the filtering criteria as included in the expression is generated;
• displaying the expression denoting the filtering criteria;
• customizing a display area, said customizing including:
• selecting one of a plurality of display forms for viewing information in the display area;
• and
• selecting for viewing a second set of one or more metrics for the selected one or more components, wherein the second set of one or more metrics comprises at least one metric not included in the first set of one or more metrics of the filtering criteria;
• applying the filtering criteria to the collected workload and performance data for the one or more components selected and thereby generating filtered data results;
• and
• viewing, in the display area in accordance with the selected one display form, the second set of one or more metrics from the filtered data results, wherein the component category is selected from a plurality of component categories including any of a category of front end components of a data storage system, a category of back end components of a data storage system, a category of front end adapters that receive data operations from clients at a data storage system, a category of disk adapters that access physical storage devices of a data storage system to perform I/O operations, a category of physical storage devices, a category of logical volumes, a category of remote data facility groups, a category of virtual pools, a category of buses, a category of cache, and a category of adapters used with a remote data facility for data replication and wherein the plurality of display forms include a graph, a list, a histogram, and a pie chart.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions thereon that, when executed, perform a method for processing collected workload and performance data comprising:
• selecting one or more components of a component category;
• specifying filtering criteria, wherein the filtering criteria includes a first operation and a first set of one or more metrics included in the collected workload and performance data for the one or more components selected, wherein said first operation is applied to the first set of one or more metrics and is selected from a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations including at least one arithmetic operation, at least one logical operation and at least one relational operation, wherein said specifying includes executing an interactive dialogue to build an expression denoting the filtering criteria, the interactive dialogue including a plurality of steps to obtain a plurality of corresponding user inputs, wherein for each of the plurality of steps obtaining one of the corresponding user inputs, a different portion of the filtering criteria as included in the expression is generated;
• displaying the expression denoting the filtering criteria;
• customizing a display area, said customizing including:
• selecting one of a plurality of display forms for viewing information in the display area;
• and
• selecting for viewing a second set of one or more metrics for the selected one or more components, wherein the second set of one or more metrics comprises at least one metric not included in the first set of one or more metrics of the filtering criteria;
• applying the filtering criteria to the collected workload and performance data for the one or more components selected and thereby generating filtered data results;
• and
• viewing, in the display area in accordance with the selected one display form, the second set of one or more metrics from the filtered data results, wherein the component category is selected from a plurality of component categories including any of a category of front end components of a data storage system, a category of back end components of a data storage system, a category of front end adapters that receive data operations from clients at a data storage system, a category of disk adapters that access physical storage devices of a data storage system to perform I/O operations, a category of physical storage devices, a category of logical volumes, a category of remote data facility groups, a category of virtual pools, a category of buses, a category of cache, and a category of adapters used with a remote data facility for data replication and wherein the plurality of display forms include a graph, a list, a histogram, and a pie chart.