vsp360-mcp ยท Sample Tufte charts

Sample Tufte charts created using Claude

Ten reports Claude made from a live Hitachi VSP 360 through vsp360-mcp, in the style of Edward Tufte. Names are sanitized: arrays are Array A, B and C, and hosts are ESX-nn and LNX-nn. The figures are from a real system, as of mid-October 2026.

  1. Capacity flow mapsWhere did the raw capacity go, and who has been promised what?
  2. Capacity planning tableWhich pool runs out first?
  3. Capacity runwayWhen does each pool reach 70, 80 and 100%?
  4. Host rug chartsWhich hosts get fast storage, and which wait?
  5. Performance flow mapWhere does the past hour's load come from?
  6. Small multiplesAre MP blades, ports or parity groups unevenly loaded?
  7. Volume placementWhich volumes are slow for their load, and where should they move?
  8. Weekly asset slopesWhat changed this week?
  9. Workload heatmapsWhen is it safe to run backups or batch jobs?
  10. Array IOPS horizonsHow has each array's load changed over the month?

Make your own with the vsp360-tufte-charts skill. More in the wiki. Not an official Hitachi Vantara product.