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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 Reports
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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.

E-Guide: Recovering from IT disaster: What’s really causing your outage?
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE: Most IT disasters have nothing to do with the hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods that can wipe out a facility. In fact, studies show that hardware failure is the number one reason for DR declarations.  This e-guide describes common DR misconceptions and consequences, and provides backup and testing suggestions for optimal recovery.
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

Dell Compellent

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

E-Guide: Tips for thin provisioning storage in a health care setting
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE: As health care IT seeks to find ways to cut costs everywhere, it will be forced to aggressively adopt primary storage optimization technologies such as thin provisioning. Learn more inside this exclusive e-guide.
Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 28 Oct 2011

Dell Compellent

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

Case Study: National Print Group Posts Large-Scale Savings with Fluid Data Storage
sponsored by Dell Compellent
CASE STUDY: As NPG's digital library and business applications continued to grow, so did data storage inefficiencies and costs. The aging equipment had limited storage capacity and there was no disaster recovery strategy other than time-consuming backups. Read on to learn how NPG managed their growing problem.
Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

Dell Compellent

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

IT Handbook: Planning a Server Refresh
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
EGUIDE: Server buyers should consider the implications of vendor roadmaps and consolidation and look to capacity planning and objective tools when updating data center hardware. In this IT handbook you will learn the importance of a server roadmap, factors to consider in server selection, tips on server consolidation and capacity planning, and much more.
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel

E-Guide: Best Practices for Managing Virtual Environments
sponsored by Dell and VMware
EGUIDE: In this e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, gain expert advice on how to handle data center growth with capacity planning and resource provisioning. Learn how performance management and capacity planning go hand-in-hand and find out how to interpret capacity management metrics to reduce costs and simplify management.
Posted: 22 Feb 2011 | Published: 22 Feb 2011

Dell and VMware

Data Deduplication FAQ
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
PODCAST: Join Founder and Lead Analyst of DCIG, Jerome Wendt as he answers the most common data deduplication questions he’s hearing today – including the technology’s  benefits, dedupe products to watch out for, target dedupe on a virtual tape library and more.
Posted: 23 Aug 2010 | Premiered: 23 Aug 2010

Quantum Corporation

Quantum DXi Deduplication Appliance Makes Backup and Recovery an Easy Case
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY: When Baker & McKenzie’s tape-based data protection strategy reached its limits, they decided to switch to a centralized backup solution with a DXi deduplication appliance as the foundation. Read this case study to learn why Baker & McKenzie decided to go with Quantum’s solution to handle their backup and recovery needs.
Posted: 23 Jul 2010 | Published: 23 Jul 2010

Quantum Corporation

The different dedupe offerings
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
VIDEOCAST: Check out this interactive classroom for a storage refresher course on the topic of deduplicaiton and gain insight on how you can better leverage this technology to benefit the overall success of your businesses.
Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Premiered: 16 Jun 2010

Quantum Corporation

Quantum Interactive Classroom: Dedupe for Backup
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This interactive classroom features exclusive expert content designed to get IT administrators up to speed on deduplication. The classroom includes a video that explores the different types of deduplication and how these technologies help IT pros optimize and enhance already existing storage infrastructures. 
Posted: 25 May 2010 | Premiered: 25 May 2010

Quantum Corporation

Presentation Transcript: Virtualization 101 - Part 2 Moving From Test to Production
sponsored by Dell and VMware
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

Dell and VMware

Server Virtualization 101: Part 2 Moving from Test to Production
sponsored by Dell and VMware
VIDEO: This videocast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 03 Dec 2009

Dell and VMware

Podcast: Server Virtualization 101: Part 2 Moving from Test to Production
sponsored by Dell and VMware
PODCAST: This podcast offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.
Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 03 Dec 2009

Dell and VMware

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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