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ALSO CALLED: Capacity Management, Server Capacity Planning, Capacity Requirements Planning, and IT Capacity Planning DEFINITION: In information technology, capacity planning is the science and art of estimating the space, computer hardware, software and connection infrastructure resources that will be needed over some future period of time. A typical capacity concern of many enterprises is whether resources will be in place to … Definition continues below.

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Tips to Improve Capacity Planning Through Power Management sponsored by Raritan Computer, Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 30 Jun 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: In this webcast, analyst Joe Clabby will describe the common data center capacity planning problems IT organizations encounter. New developments in data center power management are covered in this webcast. TOPICS: Capacity Planning

Improving Capacity Planning with Power Management: A Q&A sponsored by Raritan Computer, Inc. PODCAST: Posted: 30 Jun 2008 \| Premiered: 30 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: In this audiocast, we interview analyst Joe Clabby about capacity planning challenges and improving capacity planning through better power management. TOPICS: Capacity Planning

Storage Capacity Planning eGuide: Artfully Managing Affordability, Client Capacity Demands and Growth Control sponsored by Arrow ECS Midmarket Group EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Posted: 27 Jun 2008 \| Published: 27 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: Managing storage capacity is a major problem for many organizations these days. Read this eGuide for a number of expert articles and tips that focus on how channel professionals can help their clients effectively address their storage capacity problems. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Replication \| Management Service Providers \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Provisioning \| VARs

Value-Added Services: Pushing Beyond the Box sponsored by Kaseya VIDEOCAST: Posted: 23 Jun 2008 \| When: 23 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: Greg Schulz, Founder and a Senior Analyst for the StorageIO Group, discusses Storage Services and Managed Services and how both can contribute to the bottom line for channel companies. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Service Providers \| Storage Virtualization Software

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Analysis tools and platform decisions sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc VIDEOCAST: Posted: 20 Jun 2008 \| When: 20 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: Chris Wolf talks about the tools that are used to increase virtual server performance. Later, virtualization platform decision points are covered with emphasis on OS and application compatibility and support, high availability, automation and management. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Solutions to virtual infrastructure challenges sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc VIDEOCAST: Posted: 20 Jun 2008 \| When: 20 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: In this final session, Wolf discusses application selection, focusing on using chargebacks to counter physical storage challenges. He gives network architecture examples, offers some CPU considerations, and tackles issues with heterogeneous VM management. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Compellent: Intelligently Managing inside the Volume sponsored by Compellent WHITE PAPER: Posted: 19 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2008 SUMMARY: This document, takes a brief look at the problems that traditional storage creates in a virtual server environment, and examines how an ideal set of storage virtualization capabilities could address those problems. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Security \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization

Re-architecting Your Virtual Environment: Virtual infrastructure analysis sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc VIDEOCAST: Posted: 19 Jun 2008 \| When: 20 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: In this first session, Wolf introduces principles of virtual infrastructure optimization and covers virtual machine placement optimization and bottleneck identification. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Capacity Management: A Continuous Practice for Boosting IT Infrastructure ROI sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Posted: 18 Jun 2008 \| Published: 12 May 2008 SUMMARY: Learn how HP Storage Essentials can deliver real-time visibility into current use and help you plan for the future. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| IT Infrastructure \| ROI \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency: A Holistic Approach sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Posted: 11 Jun 2008 \| Published: 10 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: This white paper explores what data center managers can do to replenish the power reservoir and at the same time continue to support business growth with an ever-expanding and power-hungry compute infrastructure. TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Networking

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CAPACITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): … handle an increasing number of requests as the number of users or interactions increase. The aim of the capacity planner is to plan so well that new capacity is added just in time to meet the anticipated need but not so early that resources go unused for a long period. The successful capacity planner is one that makes the trade-offs between the present and the future that overall prove to be the most cost-efficient.

The capacity planner, using business plans and forecasts, tries to imagine …
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