Ops Center Analyzer features I/O controls for planning the optimization of the resources in your infrastructure as usage patterns of critical and noncritical applications dictate.
Optimize your infrastructure resources by setting limits on I/O for noncritical applications. Setting upper limits on noncritical applications is similar to applying caps on I/O usage to free up more resources in the infrastructure. When you foresee increased I/O activity, set upper limits on volumes associated with applications or host servers issuing I/O requests.
When development or testing efforts require more resources than usual, set I/O control limits on the volumes associated with the I/O-intensive applications for that period. This I/O control setting then allows the business-critical applications sufficient access to storage resources.
When I/O activity decreases to acceptable levels, clear the I/O control limits from those volumes. By establishing these temporary limits on storage I/O, the infrastructure achieves overall optimization during periods of increased I/O activity.