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Capacity Planning

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  … 
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HP Insight Dynamics - VSE Software Continuously Analyze and Optimize Your Adaptive Infrastructure
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: VSE is the world's first integrated solution that continuously analyzes and optimizes physical and virtual resources in exactly the same way.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Published: 07 Oct 2008
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Managing Virtualized Systems - Pinpointing Performance Problems in the Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Akorri
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores one of the important issues that IT Managers and Directors must deal with after the virtualization of important business applications.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Published: 07 Oct 2008
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ROI with Proactive Network and Voice Management
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, CA presents an eye-opening look at ways to improve your IT infrastructure at its most fundamental level.
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008
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The IT Consolidation Imperative: Out of Space, out of Power, out of Money
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This report provides guidance on how to prioritize and get started with a successful IT consolidation.
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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Advanced Load Balancing: 8 Must-have Features for Today's Network Demands
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: Early-generation server load-balancing technology has proven to be an invaluable asset. This whitepaper is intended to serve as a guide for organizations looking to replace their early-generation Server Load Balancers (SLBs).
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Optimizing Storage with Global File Virtualization
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Global file virtualization is changing network storage management. Learn about a solution that allows organizations to easily simplify management, increase utilization, resolve performance bottlenecks, leverage tiered storage and lower TCO.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008
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Capacity Management in Virtual Infrastructures
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper offers a detailed look at the challenges of capacity management in virtualized infrastructures. It also offers a wealth of practical insights into addressing these challenges and setting the stage for successful VMware deployments.
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 | Published: 19 Aug 2008
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Best Practices for Optimizing Performance and Availability in Virtual Infrastructures
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses best practices for Optimizing Performance and Availability in Virtual Infrastructures. It also gives an overview of all the infrastructure components that comprise an effective, high-quality virtualized IT service.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Unified Management of Virtualized Systems
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: As enterprises deploy more virtualization solutions that are scattered across the enterprise, managing the technologies is challenging for IT staffs. This paper will outline the unified management of virtualized systems using one management tool.
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2006
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12 Pitfalls of IT Systems Management: Maximize Performance and Availability While Lowering Cost
sponsored by uptime software inc.
WHITE PAPER: Monitoring servers and proactively managing capacity helps companies maintain service level agreements, meet contractual obligations, improve customer and partner satisfaction, and move forward into new markets.
Posted: 28 Jul 2008 | Published: 28 Jul 2008
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Strategic Insight for Your SAP Deployment: The Top 3 Techniques for Capacity and Performance Management
sponsored by HyPerformix
WHITE PAPER: The emerging best practice of predictive analysis provides accurate predictions of performance and capacity, hands-on real observed results, that allow you to make informed business decisions about IT investments.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 16 Jul 2008
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Tips to Improve Capacity Planning through Power Management
sponsored by Raritan Computer, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, analyst Joe Clabby will describe what capacity planning is all about, data center capacity problems that IT managers are facing today, how these problems are being addressed.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Capacity Management: A Continuous Practice for Boosting IT Infrastructure ROI
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: IndependentAssessment offers independent analysis of technology products by Alan Radding, a widely published IT analyst, and writer. In this report the HP Storage Suite is shown to enable firms to monitor, plan, analyze and report on storage usage.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency: A Holistic Approach
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 11 Jun 2008 | Published: 10 Jun 2008
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Building, Planning & Operating the Next Generation Data Center
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: IDC believes that a true datacenter transformation is taking place and that IT organizations will continue to consolidate the number of sites and number of supported systems and will increasingly place greater emphasis on energy efficiency. This will c...
Posted: 11 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Aligning IT and Business with Demand Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Demand Management (DM) is a component of a full-featured Project Portfolio Management (PPM) practice. Demand comes from many sources and all phases of the project lifecycle. Capacity management must consider all of these.
Posted: 05 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Greener Computing: Five Ways to Transform Your Business
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how applying the principles of energy efficiency to your company's computers and servers can improve your productivity and decrease your carbon emissions in very specific ways.
Posted: 29 May 2008 | Published: 28 May 2008
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Reducing Primary Storage Costs - Presentation Download
sponsored by Storwize
WHITE PAPER: Capacity optimization is a practical way to address data growth, thus reducing your storage costs. Explore this presentation download for an outline on the importance of capacity optimization and how it works to simplify management, lower cost...
Posted: 21 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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How to Implement Chargeback in a Virtualized Data Center
sponsored by VKernel
WHITE PAPER: The idea of chargeback is not new. It was pioneered in the “old” mainframe data center forty years ago where analogous organizations were spending millions of dollars to acquire mainframes, the use of which was shared by multiple departments.
Posted: 27 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Resolving Current and Future Capacity Bottlenecks in Your VMware ESX Environment
sponsored by VKernel
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to quickly identify current and future capacity bottlenecks to ensure optimal performance of VMware ESX environments.
Posted: 26 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Majority of Data Centers in Production Are Not Equipped for High Density
sponsored by Aperture Technologies, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This Aperture Research Institute™ (ARI) survey shows that data centers are aging, with over a third (38%) of responding organizations admitting that their newest data center is over four years old.
Posted: 08 Feb 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2007
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Data Center Professionals Turn to High-Density Computing as Major Boom Continues
sponsored by Aperture Technologies, Inc
WHITE PAPER: High density equipment helps the data center to keep up with the demands of business, but if organizations continue to operate close to thresholds, they can also dramatically increase the risk of outage.
Posted: 08 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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ExaGrid: A Scalable Approach to Disk-based Backup
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Looking for a new disk-based backup solution? Download this Taneja Group white paper to learn some key criteria to consider when evaluating disk-based data protection vendors and how one company matches up against these criteria.
Posted: 19 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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Data Center Projects: System Planning
sponsored by APC
WHITE PAPER: Mistakes in system planning can result in delays, cost overruns, wasted time, and a compromised system. In this paper you will learn how to eliminate these problems and view system planning as a data flow model, with an orderly sequence...
Posted: 21 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
sponsored by APC
WHITE PAPER: Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of running a data centers. This paper explains how achieve electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Posted: 04 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2006
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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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