Before an AI project starts, put the read throughput it needs next to your array's busiest hour

Yes 2

Written down, with a date (a log, a screen, a document), and it meets your own plan.

Partly 1

Remembered, but not written down, or the record shows you missed your plan.

No 0

Nobody knows, or it was never done. A blank is a finding.

"None, checked on a date" counts as a record. No plan or target written down? Write your guess first, then measure: the guess is your plan.

Tap No, Partly or Yes for each question. Your score adds up as you go. Nothing you tap is saved or sent.

Five questions about your own setup

1. 1 Has the project team written down the read throughput it needs?

   Your answer, and where it is written down (with the date) Read throughput is how much data per second the array hands out when something reads from it. Ask for the number in writing, and how they worked it out.

   Your answer

   No 0Partly 1Yes 2
   Score 0, 1 or 2This quarterNext quarter

   How to raise it

   Where to find it:

   Ask the project team.

   To get it to a 2:

   A written number from the project team, with how they worked it out and the date.

   A map of where the project's data would come from: where the data would come from

2. 2 What read throughput did your array hand out in its busiest hour last month?

   Your answer, and where it is written down (with the date) Set the performance view to a month and find the highest hour.

   Your answer

   No 0Partly 1Yes 2
   Score 0, 1 or 2This quarterNext quarter

   How to raise it

   Where to find it:

   The array's performance view with the range set to a month: the highest point, not the average.

   To get it to a 2:

   A measured reading with its date, taken from the measurement and not from the average or the datasheet.

   A guide to finding the busiest hour in your array's performance view: five readings from your own dashboard

3. 3 Are both numbers written side by side, with the date you read them?

   Your answer, and where it is written down (with the date) The project's number next to the array's busiest-hour number. If the project's number is bigger, you know before kickoff.

   Your answer

   No 0Partly 1Yes 2
   Score 0, 1 or 2This quarterNext quarter

   How to raise it

   Where to find it:

   Rows 1 and 2 on this page.

   To get it to a 2:

   Both written together and dated, and the project's number is not bigger than the array's. If it is bigger, score 1: that is your next step.

4. 4 Can your performance view show the busiest hour at all?

   Your answer, and where it is written down (with the date) If it cannot, write that down too, so you know what to ask for next.

   Your answer

   No 0Partly 1Yes 2
   Score 0, 1 or 2This quarterNext quarter

   How to raise it

   Where to find it:

   The array's performance view, range set to a month.

   To get it to a 2:

   Yes, checked on a date, or "cannot show it" written down with the date.

5. 5 Can you say it upward in one sentence with a date?

   Your answer, and where it is written down (with the date) Here is what the project needs, here is what the array did at its busiest.

   Your answer

   No 0Partly 1Yes 2
   Score 0, 1 or 2This quarterNext quarter

   How to raise it

   Where to find it:

   Rows 1 to 3 on this page.

   To get it to a 2:

   The sentence is written down with both numbers and the date, and the project lead has read it.