text: **Appendix A. Performance data and statistics**
  
  **gathering**
  
  This appendix provides a brief overview of the performance analysis capabilities of the IBM 
  Storwize V7000 and IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2. It also describes a method that you can 
  use to collect and process IBM Spectrum Virtualize performance statistics. 
  
  It is beyond the intended scope of this book to provide an in-depth understanding of 
  performance statistics or to explain how to interpret them. For more information about the 
  performance of the Storwize V7000, see IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and 
  Storwize V7000 Best Practices and Performance Guidelines, SG24-7521. 
  
  This appendix includes the following topics: 
  
  (cid:2) “Storwize V7000 performance overview” on page 740 
  (cid:2) “Performance monitoring” on page 742 