Summary
This FAQ article includes questions related to the XenCenter Management Client using XenServer 4.X. Refer to CTX115716 – Citrix XenServer 4.0.1H FAQ for the full set of FAQs.
Q: Do your management tools collect performance information?
A: Yes, our product will collect CPU usage, memory usage, and network I/O rates from the whole system and each individual virtual machine (VM).
Q: Where does the performance information come from?
A: The data is collected from a variety of sources including the Xen engine, standard Linux interfaces such as proc and sysfs, and standard Windows interfaces such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). We collect data from within each virtual machine and the base virtualization platform.
Q: Do you show the performance information in real time?
A: Yes, the XenCenter client will display real-time performance information in the performance tab for the whole server and individual virtual machines.
Q: Do you trend performance information over time?
A: Yes, the XenCenter client will display the last 15 minutes of data in a moving graph.
Q: Do you store historical performance information?
A: We do not currently store historical performance information.
