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Peer Software's PeerIQ is a powerful virtual appliance provided to subscription customers, offering a self-hosted dashboard and analytics environment for monitoring the health and performance of PeerGFS and the replication environment. It is designed to replace the previous Microsoft Power BI-based dashboard. Here's a detailed overview of PeerIQ's capabilities and features:

1. Deployment Options:

PeerIQ is available as a virtual appliance in multiple formats, including VMware ova, Hyper-V vhd, and Nutanix AHV qcow2. This allows flexibility in deployment across various virtualization platforms.

2. Ease of Setup:

Setting up PeerIQ is quick and straightforward, requiring a simple configuration on the PeerIQ side and enabling a single option on the Analytics preference page. This streamlined setup process ensures rapid deployment and integration with the existing infrastructure.

3. Web-Based Interface:

PeerIQ's dashboards are accessible through a web browser, providing a visual and interactive interface for monitoring and analyzing telemetry data. The interface offers real-time updates, with data refreshed automatically every few minutes by default.

4. Comprehensive Monitoring:

PeerIQ provides intelligent insights into the performance and health of PeerGFS and the replication environment. Key information includes agent details (disk space and memory utilization), job information (watch set growth and overall performance), overall PMC information (disk space, memory utilization, queue backlogs, and quarantine counts), and details about volumes monitored by PeerGFS (free and consumed space).

5. License Utilization:

PeerIQ offers visibility into PeerGFS license utilization, providing projections about when the licensed capacity might be exhausted. This helps in capacity planning and optimizing resource allocation.

6. File Type Insights:

PeerIQ offers insights into the types of files stored on the storage infrastructure, facilitating better understanding of data composition, and aiding in data management decisions.

7. Enhanced Historical Data:

PeerIQ consolidates information available in the Peer Management Center interface, providing historical data not found in the PMC interface. This enables users to track trends over time and gain deeper insights into system performance and behavior.

8. Future Roadmap:

PeerIQ's future development roadmap includes plans to provide proactive information about the PeerGFS environment, detailed trends and insights about data stored on file servers, and analysis of user and application data usage across the storage infrastructure. These enhancements will further enrich PeerIQ's capabilities and provide valuable insights for system administrators.

Overall, PeerIQ offers a robust solution for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing PeerGFS and the replication environment, with a user-friendly interface and comprehensive set of features designed to meet the evolving needs of subscription customers. For more information about PeerIQ, see articles about PeerIQ in our knowledge base.