Abstract: Described are techniques for processing collected workload and performance data. Components of a component category are selected, filtering criteria is specified, the filtering criteria is applied to the collected workload and performance data for the components selected and thereby generating filtered data results, and the filtered results are viewed. The filtering criteria may include a first operation and a first set of one or more metrics included in the collected workload and performance data for the components selected. The first operation may be applied to the first set of one or more metrics and may be selected from a plurality of operations. The plurality of operations may include at least one arithmetic operation, at least one logical operation and at least one relational operation.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing pre-calculated performance simulation is presented. Performance simulations for a storage system are provided by selecting a subset of system configuration options from a large set of system configuration options. Simulation results for the subset of system configuration options are pre-calculated. The simulation results for the subset of system configuration options are loaded on a portable device. System configuration requirements for a customer are received and at least one system configuration option is selected from the subset of system configuration options based on the simulation results and the system configuration requirements for a customer.