topic When would be time to upgrade controllers? in Active IQ Unified Manager Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50364#M10357 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have FAS2020 HA controllers and also have DFM (Operations Manager) for monitoring the controllers.&nbsp; What performance statistics need to be looked at to help us plan for upgrading the controllers?&nbsp; We've been adding VM's over the years and I really do not have a good understanding into which monitors would give me indications that it is time to move up to say a 2040 or the new 2240.&nbsp; Can anyone point me to a best practices document?&nbsp; Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:36:55 GMT sanman2304 2025-06-05T06:36:55Z When would be time to upgrade controllers? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50364#M10357 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have FAS2020 HA controllers and also have DFM (Operations Manager) for monitoring the controllers.&nbsp; What performance statistics need to be looked at to help us plan for upgrading the controllers?&nbsp; We've been adding VM's over the years and I really do not have a good understanding into which monitors would give me indications that it is time to move up to say a 2040 or the new 2240.&nbsp; Can anyone point me to a best practices document?&nbsp; Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:36:55 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50364#M10357 sanman2304 2025-06-05T06:36:55Z Re: When would be time to upgrade controllers? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50369#M10359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As long as nobody complaints, that it is slow ... <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy"></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:55:42 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50369#M10359 aborzenkov 2012-01-24T02:55:42Z Re: When would be time to upgrade controllers? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50374#M10361 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My personal guidelines when upgrading from a 3020 to 3240 was 1) CPU load on the controllers 2) Shelf/drive count.&nbsp; I was getting to the point where I wouldn't be able to add more shelves and the CPU load was 50-60% on each controller.&nbsp;&nbsp; In a failover situation, you need to ensure you have enough capacity to run your workload without performance problems.</P><P></P><P>Brian&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:34:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50374#M10361 bmbeaulieu 2012-01-24T04:34:51Z Re: When would be time to upgrade controllers? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50378#M10363 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for your insight.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:54:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-Unified-Manager-Discussions/When-would-be-time-to-upgrade-controllers/m-p/50378#M10363 sanman2304 2012-02-18T19:54:41Z