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May 22, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: Capacity Management, Server Capacity Planning, Capacity Requirements Planning, 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 handle an increasing number of requests as the number of users or interactions increase. The aim … Definition continues below.
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Network by Subscription: A Flexible, Scalable Option for Today's Fluid Markets sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Explore how network by subscription can help you eliminate the risks and uncertainties of capacity management by providing a pay-for-what-you-use approach to network capacity. Posted: 21 May 2013 \| Published: 21 May 2013 TOPICS: Capacity on Demand \| Capacity Planning \| Capital Expenditures \| Network Capacity \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Networking

Master Big Data with Next-Generation Object Storage sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This collection of white papers explores a new generation of storage technologies that incorporates the strengths of object storage while maintaining operational and functional flexibility. Posted: 14 May 2013 \| Published: 14 May 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

ESG: Tape Usage Is Declining—But It Shouldn't Be sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This ESG research brief uncovers current and future tape usage trends and takes a fresh look at the benefits of tape storage in today's world of hot and cold data. Find out why you should give more thought to tape, especially as your data continues to grow. Posted: 13 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Tape Backups

Managing Explosive Data Growth: The Importance of Archiving and Tiered Storage sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores why archiving is an optimal solution to the problem of storing, managing and protecting today's unprecedented amount of data. Posted: 13 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

SmartCloud Monitoring Solution Brief sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Inside this resource examine a cloud management tool designed specifically to monitor the health and performance of private cloud infrastructures providing you with the necessary visibility and control to effectively allocate resources in your virtual, cloud-based environment. Posted: 06 May 2013 \| Published: 06 May 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Four Quick Ways To Unlock Hidden Manufacturing Capacity sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces four quick ways that you can unlock hidden manufacturing capacity and free up resources within your current operations, allowing you to effectively and efficiently meet increased manufacturing demands. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 24 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Capacity Planning \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Software \| Manufacturing Systems \| Productivity \| Supply Chain Management

The Five Must-Haves of Big Data Storage sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores five must-haves to master big data storage for your company. Learn about the distinct factors that contribute to the challenges of storing big data and how one vendor's software-based, scale-out storage platform can help your organization address them. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Data Management \| Hybrid clouds \| Public Cloud \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management

Hitachi Data Systems File and Content Solutions Portfolio sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Access this paper now to explore Hitachi Data Systems' portfolio of file and content services. Read on to learn about technologies designed to meet today's file-driven storage demands through NAS, object storage and next-gen search capabilities. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 \| Published: 21 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| NAS \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Hitachi Data Systems File and Content Solutions Portfolio sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Access this paper now to explore Hitachi Data Systems' portfolio of file and content services. Read on to learn about technologies designed to meet today's file-driven storage demands through NAS, object storage and next-gen search capabilities. Posted: 21 Mar 2013 \| Published: 21 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| NAS \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Take Control of Storage Growth to Contain Costs and Enhance Agility sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: There's a new approach for SMBs overwhelmed by quickly growing storage requirements: Open, standards-based storage infrastructures built on networked & virtualized storage. Learn how this setup can allow your company to right-size its storage investment relative to the value of your data, and save you time with automated storage tiering. Posted: 29 Nov 2012 \| Published: 29 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| SMBs \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Buyer's Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to find 3 criteria for SAN storage systems worthy of your investment and find five questions geared to help you determine your SAN needs. Read on to learn how finding the right SAN system for your company can lead to maintained costs and a sharpened competitive edge. Posted: 23 Oct 2012 \| Published: 23 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending

Industrializing IT Service Delivery sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces the next model of application development and maintenance: The Industrialised Delivery System (IDS). Access this resource to learn about IDS, other delivery models and systems, and find five criteria for IT shops to successfully deliver on solutions today. Posted: 21 Aug 2012 \| Published: 01 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Capacity Planning \| CIOs \| IT Management

Managing at Petabyte Scale sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This resource outlines how to create a storage infrastructure that can be managed at the petabyte scale. Check it out to discover the attributes of such an infrastructure and learn how to turn them into actual features of your storage. Posted: 09 Jul 2012 \| Published: 01 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Content Management \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Capacity Management & Lean Six Sigma: Steps Towards Removing IT Waste sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for help identifying and eliminating waste across IT operations, and discover new approaches that can improve capacity management and streamline resources. Learn how to more easily control the complexity that comes with virtualization and cloud computing. Posted: 28 Aug 2012 \| Published: 28 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Management \| Productivity \| Systems Management

Case Study: University of Connecticut School of Business sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This case study profiles a Connecticut university's data center migration to virtualization optimized servers and storage solutions. Check it out to learn how this school realized a 20% reduction in cooling and power costs, 30% savings in storage costs and a 97% reduction in downtime. Read on to see if you too can double your processing capacity. Posted: 18 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Capacity Planning \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management

Global Cloud-Integrated Storage sponsored by Panzura WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to discover a file system designed to provide global file sharing and collaboration, centralized storage capacity and easy cloud-based storage - while presenting all clients with real-time common and consistent views of the files. Posted: 05 Jun 2012 \| Published: 05 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| File Sharing Protocols \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Management

Quantifying the Business Benefits of Scale-Out Network Attached Storage Solution sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Learn why scale-out is more beneficial than scale-up storage systems for Big Data environments in this IDC white paper. Posted: 05 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Content Management \| Data Management \| NAS \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management

Data Sheet: ORSYP Capacity Optimization Assessment sponsored by ORSYP WHITE PAPER: Discover how performance and capacity management software can help prevent your infrastructure from becoming too complex and costly to operate. This white paper outlines how your organisation can optimise their IT environment with this software. Posted: 31 May 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Capacity Planning \| Capital Expenditures \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| Performance Testing \| Server Management

Analytics Required to Successfully Manage Performance and Capacity in Cloud Environments sponsored by VMTurbo WHITE PAPER: Discover how proactive and automated workload management can help you maximize virtualization ROI and deliver truly optimized workload performance. Read on to discover what most virtual management tools are lacking and how you can gain the analytical abilities you need. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Workload Automation

Seven Things to Look for in a Colocation Provider sponsored by SAVVIS WHITE PAPER: According to a recent study, the use of colocation and services is increasing dramatically, yet there are many differences between colocation providers which IT pros should be aware of. Access this resource to discover 7 things you should look for when selecting a colocation provider Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Network Configuration Management \| Network Management \| Outsourcing \| Systems Management

Pay-As-You-Grow: investment protection and elasticity for your network sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: How do you keep up with increases in user demand without adding costly new hardware? Utilize Citrix NetScaler Pay-As-You-Grow to deliver 5x capacity on-demand without adding any additional hardware. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Network Appliances \| Network Architectures \| Network Management \| Server Virtualization

Optimizing Datacenter and Cloud Performance: The TeamQuest Approach sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing is becoming more common across organizations, but what are effective ways to help maximize what this application has to offer? Check out this IDC survey and learn how utilizing capacity management while moving to the cloud can help optimize your IT infrastructure to better meet business needs. Posted: 20 Dec 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Application Hosting \| Applications Management Services \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Management Service Providers \| Performance Testing \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Data Center Energy Management with Dell and Joulex sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: With cloud computing rapidly evolving, energy management is a key factor IT professionals must address when planning and provisioning their cloud data center strategies to reduce energy costs. Access this white paper to review an open data center roadmap that addresses your key IT concerns for more secure, efficient, and simple cloud architectures. Posted: 17 Oct 2011 \| Published: 17 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Infrastructure Management

Getting Started: A Manager's Guide to Implementing Capacity Management sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation WHITE PAPER: Many IT departments have chosen to throw hardware at performance and capacity problems. In the past, that approach has worked, however times and management challenges have changed; demanding a different approach – capacity management. This guide is designed to help those IT leaders who are now looking to assemble a capacity management approach. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Capacity Planning \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Predictive Performance Management \| Strategic Planning

Let the Bridge Fall - As Long as It Falls on Time sponsored by TeamQuest Corporation WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction. Posted: 12 Oct 2011 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Capacity Planning \| CIOs \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| Product Management \| Risk Management \| Strategic Planning

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CAPACITY PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): … 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 what the future needs will be. Analytical modeling tools can help the planner get answers to "What if" scenarios so that a range of possibilities can be explored. The capacity planner is especially …
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