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What is PeerIQ?

PeerIQ is a self‑hosted storage observability, monitoring, and analytics platform. It offers three main areas of reporting and insight for system administrators:

  • Monitoring – Health and performance of PeerGFS and the overall storage environment.

  • Scan‑based analytics – Trend analysis of what data is stored across the environment.

  • Real‑time analytics – Detection of trends and anomalies in how data is being used.

Deployment options

PeerIQ is self-hosted, either on premises or in a public cloud, and plugs into your existing Peer Management Center (PMC) and Agent topology. After deployment, initial setup involves quick configuration in the PeerIQ web interface, followed by some configuration in the PMC. 

PeerIQ is built on a containerized application stack and can be deployed on the following platforms:

Platform

Form factor

Red Hat or Rocky Linux server

Native installation

Ubuntu‑based virtual appliance

VMware OVA, Hyper‑V VHD, or Nutanix AHV QCOW2

Available reports

PeerIQ’s web-based reports are interactive and provide both current and historical data in the following areas:

  • Agent information – Disk space and memory utilization of all Agents.

  • PeerGFS job information – Watch set growth and overall performance.

  • PMC health and capacity – Disk space and memory utilization, queue backlogs, and quarantine counts.

  • Volume usage – Free and consumed space on volumes monitored by PeerGFS, with projections for when they may run out of space.

  • License utilization – Current usage and forecasts for when licensed capacity may be exceeded.

  • File type and age insights – Types and ages of files stored on the infrastructure.

  • User activity insights – Which users are most active and their access patterns.

  • Machine learning‑based anomaly detection – Available in PeerIQ Advanced.

  • Real‑time event details – Detailed event records with robust search filters, available in PeerIQ Advanced.

PeerIQ in the future

Future enhancements will deliver richer, more detailed information, such as:

  • Proactive health and performance data for PeerGFS, including replication status.

  • Additional trends on what is stored across file servers, and possibly object stores.

  • Deeper insights into how users and applications consume data.

  • Scan and real-time based detection of potential security issues with actionable alerts for rapid remediation.