Health check solution evaluating system status

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:

on receiving health check data associated with a computing system from a user device, analyzing the health check data, by an analysis engine of a health check server, the health check data comprising performance data for a plurality of components associated with the computing system;

generating, by the one or more processors, a system health score and a status indicator for the computing system based on the analysis of the health check data, the system health score ranking performance of the computing system based on a scale, the status indicator indicating a health status of the computing system;

returning the generated system health score and the status indicator to a user device for display to a user;

generating a recommendation comprising a recommended action to be taken by the user with regard to the computing system;

returning the recommendation with the system health score to the user device;

predicting a future health score for the computing system if the user performs the recommended action with regard to the computing system;

returning the predicted future health score with the recommendation to the user device, wherein the system health score further comprises a set of parameters and a set of parameter status indicators; and

returning the set of parameters and the set of parameter status indicators with the system health score to the user device, wherein a parameter in the set of parameters comprises an identification of an analysis parameter, wherein a parameter status indicator identifies a status of a given parameter, and wherein the status of the given parameter comprises a passed status or a failed status.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a first status indicator identifies a normal status, a second status indicator identifies a warning status, and a third status indicator identifies a critical status of the computing system.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is a data storage system, the data storage system comprising a set of data storage arrays, and further comprising:

analyzing the health check data associated with the set of data storage arrays to generate at least one array health score, an array health score ranking performance of a given data storage array based on the scale; and

returning the at least one array health score to the user device, wherein the at least one array health score comprises a score for at least one of the data storage arrays.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving a set of previous system health scores, the set of previous system health scores forming a health history for the computing system; and

returning the health history to the user device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying at least one score based incentive associated with improving the system health score or receiving system health scores within a particular range of scores; and

returning the at least one score based incentive to the user device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving a set of previous system health scores for the computing system;

charting the set of previous system health scores over time to form a health graph; and

analyzing the health graph to identify a health status over time, wherein the health status comprises a first tier status, a second tier status, or a third tier status.

7. One or more computer storage media embodying computer executable components, said components comprising an analysis engine that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

receive health check data for a plurality of components associated with a data center, the health check data comprising configuration data associated with the plurality of components;

analyze the health check data based on a set of parameters;

generate a status indicator identifying a current health status for the data center based on the analysis of the health check data, the status indicator comprising a first status indicator identifying a normal status, a second status indicator identifying a warning status, or a third status indicator identifying a critical status;

automatically return the status indicator to a user device for display to a user associated with the user device;

generate a recommendation comprising a recommended action to be taken by the user with regard to at least one data storage array associated with the data center;

predict a future health score for the data center if the recommended action is taken;

return the recommendation and the predicted future health score to the user device for display to the user, wherein a system health score comprises a set of parameters and a set of parameter status indicators; and

return the set of parameters and the set of parameter status indicators with the system health score to the user device, wherein a parameter in the set of parameters comprises an identification of an analysis parameter, wherein a parameter status indicator identifies a status of a given parameter, and wherein the status of the given parameter comprises a passed status or a failed status.

8. The computer storage media of claim 7 , wherein the first status indicator comprises a green color indicator identifying the normal status, wherein the second status indicator comprises a yellow color indicator identifying the warning status, and wherein the third status indicator comprises a red color indicator identifying the critical status.

9. The computer storage media of claim 7 , wherein the analysis engine is further executed to cause the at least one processor to:

generate a current health score for the data center based on analysis of the health check data, the current health score ranking performance of a set of computing systems on a performance scale.

10. The computer storage media of claim 7 , wherein the analysis engine is further executed to cause the at least one processor to:

receive a set of previous health scores for the data center;

chart the set of previous health scores over time to form a health graph; and

analyze the health graph to identify a data center health status over time, wherein the status over time comprises a first tier status, a second tier status, or a third tier status.

11. A server comprising:

an application programming interface (API) configured to receive a request from a client to perform a health check on a data storage array;

at least one processor; and

a memory area, the memory area storing an analysis engine component, the at least one processor executing the analysis engine component to:

receive health check data associated with the data storage array from a host component, the health check data comprising configuration data and performance data associated with the data storage array;

generate an array health score for the data storage array based on analysis of the health check data, the array health score ranking performance of the data storage array relative to a performance scale;

return the array health score to the client for display to a user associated with the client;

generate a recommendation comprising a recommended action to be taken by the user with regard to the data storage array;

predict a future health score for the data storage array if the recommended action is taken;

return the recommendation and the predicted future health score to the client for display to the user, wherein a system health score comprises a set of parameters and a set of parameter status indicators; and

return the set of parameters and the set of parameter status indicators with the system health score to the user, wherein a parameter in the set of parameters comprises an identification of an analysis parameter, wherein a parameter status indicator identifies a status of a given parameter, and wherein the status of the given parameter comprises a passed status or a failed status.

12. The server of claim 11 , wherein the array health score further comprises a status indicator identifying a current health status for the data storage array based on the analysis of the health check data, the status indicator comprising a first status indicator identifying a normal status, a second status indicator identifying a warning status, or a third status indicator identifying a critical status of the given data storage array.

13. The server of claim 11 , further comprising:

a data structure, the data structure comprising a set of previous array health scores for the data storage array, the set of previous array health scores forming a health history for the data storage array, wherein the health history is returned to the client via the API.

14. The server of claim 11 , wherein the API is a representational state transfer (REST) API.

15. The server of claim 11 , wherein the API receives a request for the system health score associated with a data storage system, the data storage system comprising a plurality of data storage arrays, and wherein the at least one processor executes the analysis engine component to:

receive health check data associated with the plurality of data storage arrays of the data storage system; and

generate the system health score for the data storage system based on analysis of the health check data for the plurality of data storage arrays, the system health score ranking a current health status of the data storage system, and wherein the system health score is returned to the client via the API.

16. The server of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor further executes the analysis engine component to chart a set of previous array health scores over time to form an array health graph.