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While many administrators may look to vCenter Operations Manager -- now called vRealize Operations Manager -- to uncover storage performance issues, the I/O Analyzer VMware Fling digs a little deeper if you need granular information about your storage array.
A virtual appliance, I/O Analyzer can run different types of workloads to establish a baseline and also help determine if VMs are performing as expected. Can you move particular workloads to different storage tiers to reduce bandwidth issues? I/O Analyzer can trace how VMs perform to answer those types of questions.