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PeerGFS offers four distinct analytics capabilities tailored to varying needs and levels of access:

1. Anonymous Diagnostic Data:

Purpose: This feature allows PeerGFS to collect anonymized diagnostic data to aid in improving the product's performance, reliability, and features.

Accessibility: This information is sent to Peer Software and used exclusively for internal purposes.

Opt-out: Users have the option to disable this feature via the Analytics preferences page if they prefer not to share diagnostic information.

2. PeerIQ:

Purpose: PeerIQ is a virtual appliance-based analytics system. It serves as a comprehensive platform for monitoring the health and performance of PeerGFS and the storage environment and is the foundation for Peer Software’s overall analytics capabilities.

Features: PeerIQ provides extensive analytics capabilities, including real-time monitoring, performance metrics, and insights into PeerGFS and the storage environment. Includes File System Analytics and File Activity Analytics

Accessibility: Access to PeerIQ is determined by the user's subscription license purchased from Peer Software.

3. File System Analytics:

Purpose: File System Analytics is part of PeerIQ and leverages scan-based data from Peer Agents to provide insights and trends about the unstructured data residing on the storage infrastructure.

Features: This capability offers detailed analysis of file systems, including file types, sizes, data age, data access patterns, and other relevant metrics.

Accessibility: Access to File System Analytics is determined by the user's subscription license purchased from Peer Software.

4. File Activity Analytics:

Purpose: File Activity Analytics is part of PeerIQ and leverages real-time-based data from Peer Agents to provide insights and trends about how your unstructured data and storage infrastructure is being utilized.

Features: This capability offers analysis of user activity over time, including a list of the top users by activity.

Accessibility: Access to File Activity Analytics is determined by the user's subscription license purchased from Peer Software.

5. Proactive Monitoring:

Purpose: Proactive Monitoring is an option available exclusively to PeerGFS customers with dedicated Technical Account Managers (TAMs). It offers comprehensive insights to the Peer Software TAM team into the health and performance of the PeerGFS environment, including Agent information, job information, and overall PMC information.

Accessibility: This option is available to customers with dedicated TAMs and is used to provide regular reviews of the status of their PeerGFS environment. Data collected is securely uploaded to a Peer Software-owned storage account in Microsoft Azure and is accessible only to authorized Peer Software employees.

These analytics capabilities offer a range of options for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing the PeerGFS environment, catering to different user requirements and preferences. See Analytics Preferences for more information about enabling and configuring these analytics capabilities.