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Validation
To finalize your DS8000 configuration, contact your IBM representative to further validate the
workload against the selected configuration. You especially need to validate the workload
against the selected configuration for larger capacities or high throughput requirements.
6.7 Storage Tier Advisor Tool
The Storage Tier Advisor Tool (STAT) is a Microsoft Windows application that can be used to
analyze the characteristics of the workload that runs on the storage facility. The STAT
provides capacity planning information that is associated with the current or future use of the
Easy Tier facility ...