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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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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

Adventist Health System Uses FalconStor® VTL with Deduplication sponsored by FalconStor Software CASE STUDY: This one-page case study explores how one vendor's DR solution helped an organization reduce their backup window by more than 50%, shrink their duplicate data with an average deduplication ratio of 7:1 and maximize their efficiency through reporting and capacity planning capabilities. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| Disk Backups \| Storage Management \| Virtual Tape Libraries

Storage Magazine: April sponsored by SearchStorage.com EZINE: IT professionals are redesigning their storage strategies and looking into new technologies to address this critical priority. This issue of Storage Magazine examines this emerging concept and the ways that organizations can incorporate it into their infrastructures through better capacity management and the use of shared storage and cloud backup. Posted: 08 Apr 2013 \| Published: 08 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Backup \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| 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

SIEM: Assessing the Business/Technology Issue sponsored by SearchSecurity.com VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: In the first of SearchSecurity.com's three-part guide on selecting SIEM products, this document takes a look at the business and technology issues associated with them and provides expert guidance on the benefits you can reap by taking advantage of the various types of SIEM solutions. Posted: 27 Feb 2013 \| Premiered: 27 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Application Security \| Applications Management \| Capacity Planning \| Database Security \| Identity Management \| Log Management \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Event Management \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Standards \| Security Systems \| Security Threats

IT Decision Center on SIEM - Q5: Deployment sponsored by SearchSecurity.com VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: Question five featured in in SearchSecurity.com's IT Decision Center on SIEM asks top vendors in the space: Do you offer assistance with deployment plans, with estimates for installation and tuning, as well as manpower estimate to complete tasks? Find out what these vendors have to say by accessing their answers to this question now. Posted: 27 Feb 2013 \| Premiered: 27 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Managed Security Services \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Event Management \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Policies \| Security Standards \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Training

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

Storage Magazine August 2012 sponsored by SearchStorage.com EZINE: In the cover story of the August 2012 issue of Storage magazine, Chris Evans provides an overview on the SSD market in general and examines the emergence - and unique quirks you should know - of all-solid-state storage arrays. Explore the August 2012 issue of Storage Magazine Online to read other expert features. Posted: 31 Jul 2012 \| Published: 01 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Storage \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Media \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups

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

Peer Reviews: vCenter Operations sponsored by VMware, Inc. EGUIDE: This expert e-guide features analyses of, and beta testers' reactions to, a new performance monitoring and capacity management tool. Also included are details surrounding the origins of the technology, with commentary from relevant professionals. Posted: 29 Jan 2013 \| Published: 29 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Management \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Buyer's Checklist: Cloud gateway appliances sponsored by SearchStorage.com EZINE: Cloud storage services often fit in best when used as a storage tier for nearline, archive or backup data. Cloud gateway appliances integrate easily and provide an easy on-ramp to cloud storage. In any of those scenarios, the essential element is a cloud gateway appliance that integrates on-site storage operations with cloud storage services. Posted: 30 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Public Cloud \| Public cloud computing

VeloBit HyperCache: SSD Caching Software sponsored by VeloBit SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Database performance and capacity can be increased cost-effectively by placing frequently used data in compressed form in a high-performance cache. Download your free 30-day trial of VeloBit HyperCache now and begin seeing improved performance within an hour. Posted: 11 Sep 2012 \| Premiered: 11 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Database Performance Management \| Downtime \| Server Management \| Solid State Disks \| SQL Server \| Storage Management

Capacity Utilization Efficiency Not Above Your Pay Grade - Presentation Transcript sponsored by Dell, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript discusses how to maximize efficiency in data storage environments and also outlines capacity utilization efficiency, including data archiving technologies. Posted: 06 Sep 2012 \| Published: 06 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Media \| Tape Backups

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

Cornell University Chooses Red Hat Storage for Demanding HPC Environment sponsored by Red Hat CASE STUDY: In this case study, learn how a New York University found a storage solution that helped to promote research, education and technology transfer in biotech, and explore the solution that's robust enough to perform DNA sequencing, proteomics and imaging. Posted: 15 Aug 2012 \| Published: 15 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| High Performance Computing \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Unstructured Data

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

Capacity Planning for Virtualized Infrastructure sponsored by EMC Corporation EZINE: Learn how your organization can improve capacity planning and make the most of your hardware. This expert e-zine presents common challenges of capacity planning and effective tools that can help. Posted: 14 Jun 2012 \| Published: 31 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

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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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