The Analytics page provides users with the ability to enable or disable various analytics settings within the Peer Software environment:
•Anonymous Diagnostic Data: This feature allows Peer Software to collect anonymized diagnostic data to aid in improving the performance, reliability, and features of PeerGFS. Information is sent to Peer Software and used exclusively for internal purposes.
•PeerIQ: PeerIQ provides extensive analytics capabilities, including real-time monitoring, performance metrics, and insights into the PeerGFS environment. PeerIQ also includes the following capabilities:
oFile System Analytics: The primary purpose of FSA is to gather file system data from Peer Agents and send it to PeerIQ for analysis and visualization.
oFile Activity Analytics: The primary purpose of FAA is to gather file activity data from Peer Agents and send it to PeerIQ for analysis and visualization.
•Proactive Monitoring: This feature offers comprehensive insights into the health and performance of the PeerGFS environment, including agent information, job information, and overall PMC information.
Users can toggle the Analytics settings on or off, enabling or disabling the collection and processing of analytics data according to their preferences. This allows users to control the extent to which analytics data are gathered within the environment.
The Anonymous Diagnostic Data and PeerIQ (with File System Analytics and File Activity Analytics) are activated on this page. To enable and configure Proactive Monitoring, navigate to the Proactive Monitoring subpage.
For information about Analytics, see Analytics in Advanced Topics.
To enable the first two Analytics features:
1.Select Open Preferences from the Tools menu.
2.Select Analytics in the navigation tree.
3.Select options as needed.
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Share anonymous diagnostic data with Peer Software. |
Select this option to share anonymous diagnostic information with Peer Software. This information will help us improve PeerGFS. No customer-identifiable information is sent. More details can be found in our knowledge base. |
Enable the sending of analytics data to Peer IQ. |
Select this option to enable the flow of PeerGFS telemetry to PeerIQ. PeerIQ, a virtual appliance-based analytics engine, offers a set of dashboards for monitoring the health and performance of PeerGFS and the replication environment. |
Enable File System Analytics |
Check Enable File System Analytics to set up scheduled weekly file server scans and to send the results of those scans to PeerIQ. To exclude specific agents from participating in file system scans and data transmission, select them from the Excluded Agents menu. |
Enable File Activity Analytics |
Check Enable File Activity Analytics to turn on the collection of real-time-based summary statistics and to send these statistics to PeerIQ. To exclude specific agents from participating in summary statistic collection and data transmission, select them from the Excluded Agents menu. |
4.Click Apply and Close or Apply.