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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  … 
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Capacity Planning White Papers (View All Report Types)
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Managing Virtualized Networks: Can You See Me Now?
sponsored by Entuity, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Uncover the issues inherent to server virtualization, as well as information covering migration planning, executive sponsorship, virtualization support, and more!
Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

Entuity, Inc.

Can You Handle More Web Traffic Than You Ever Dreamed Of? You Can
sponsored by CA Technologies.
WHITE PAPER: As businesses grow, their web traffic demands begin to multiply, many times at a pace their systems are not ready for. The cloud’s flexible environment allows your infrastructure to automatically scale as more users access your site. Read this white paper to learn how cloud computing can help you respond to change quickly and efficiently.
Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

CA Technologies.

Five Essential Steps to Optimizing Databases for Improved Response Time to Users
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details five steps an IT organizations can take to optimize their databases for improved response time to users.
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Minnesota Wild Names Dell Compellent SAN "Most Valuable Player"
sponsored by Dell Compellent
WHITE PAPER: The Minnesota Wild’s six-month old iSCSI storage solution could no longer keep up with the growing data needs of concession vendors. Read this white paper to learn how the Wild successfully implemented Fluid Data technology to solve the problem.
Posted: 09 Sep 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2011

Dell Compellent

vSphere Monitoring: 6 Reports You Might Be Missing
sponsored by Veeam Software
WHITE PAPER: Remember when virtualization was the hottest technology around? Back then, things were easy. Of course, those were virtualization’s early days, with low-hanging fruit and opportunities for improvement aplenty. But, then, something happened. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 | Published: 08 Jul 2011

Veeam Software

Effective Storage Management and Data Protection for Cloud Computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IBM reduces the complexity of managing cloud environments by offering a complete portfolio of automated solutions for managing data and storage infrastructure, enabling better efficiency for business resiliency, and helping to reduce costs and improve security.
Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

IBM

Grid Computing Techniques for Data Center Modernization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The Oracle Grid computing architecture features many powerful techniques that improve energy efficiency and data center productivity.
Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 03 Jun 2011

Oracle Corporation

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Performance on VMware vSphere™ 4
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009

Global Knowledge

Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009

APC by Schneider Electric

Data Center Projects: System Planning
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions.
Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 04 Feb 2009

APC by Schneider Electric

Avoiding Costs from Oversizing Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how the physical and power infrastructure of data centers and network rooms is typically oversized by more than 100%. Statistics related to oversizing are also presented, as well as the costs and fundamental reasons why oversizing occurs. An architecture and method for avoiding oversizing is described.
Posted: 04 Jun 2007 | Published: 04 Jun 2007

APC by Schneider Electric
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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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