VSP 360 · Workload periodicity16 Sep – 16 Oct 2026 · hourly averages · CEST
Array A bursts every eight hours; Array B never rests; Array C is free all day. Schedule Array A's jobs for 23:00–01:00 or 15:00–18:00.
Since its load stepped up on 8 October, Array A has burst above 25,000 IOPS around 03:00–06:00, 11:00–14:00 and 19:00–22:00 on most days, likely a scheduled job such as snapshot creation. Its quietest hours fall between those bursts. Array B runs a constant 33,500 IOPS; its only recurring bump is at 21:00, on 9 of 31 days, so timing barely changes its load; avoid 21:00. Array C idles at about 90 IOPS at every hour of every day. There is no weekday or weekend pattern on any array.
Suggested windows
Windows are the hours with the lowest median IOPS and no recurring bursts. A recurring burst is an hour in which the 5-minute peak exceeded the array's burst level (Array A 25,000, Array B 36,000, Array C 500 IOPS) on at least a third of days. Array A is judged on 8–16 October only, after its load changed.