Pure1 Manage Capabilities: Pure1 is a SaaS-based platform that provides a "single pane of glass" view across an entire fleet of FlashArrays. It excels at aggregating metrics that are otherwise siloed on individual arrays.
Specialized File Metrics: Because FlashArray File (FA File) operates as a specific service layer within Purity, its performance metrics (NFS/SMB latency, throughput, and IOPS) are tracked separately from traditional block storage.
The File Systems Performance Report: This specific report/view in Pure1 allows administrators to:
Select multiple file systems residing on different arrays.
Overlay their performance graphs to identify trends or outliers.
Filter by specific protocol (NFS vs. SMB) to see how different workloads are behaving across the infrastructure.
Why Options B and C are less ideal:
Overview Dashboard: While great for a "health at a glance" check (showing total capacity and high-level alerts), it does not provide the granular, side-by-side performance comparison required for a deep-dive analysis.
Array Performance: This report typically shows the total load on the controllers. While this includes file traffic, it often aggregates it with block traffic, making it difficult to isolate how the file services specifically are performing across the fleet.
Analytical Advantage: Using the File Systems Performance report allows the administrator to correlate performance spikes with specific file-level events, such as a large backup job or a high-intensity data migration occurring on one array versus another.