Capacity planning for virtualized servers : a poorly mastered action

80% of the IT managers admit they have trouble calculating their capacity planning, this uncertainty is the first cause of IT infrastructure over-sizing.

Actually, to avoid any risk of saturation the reflex is to overload server ressources requirement. For example, CPU utilization rate is very low, less than 10% of average use. *

Consequences of this misuse produce many indesirable effects:

– MATERIAL WASTE

– ENERGETIC WASTE

– UNNECESSARY EXPENSE

– RISKY DECISIONS

– NO STRATEGIC ANTICPATION

 

The lack of tools and the little time devoted to this important area is the explanation of why we have problems nowadays. However, simple and effective solutions exist.

DC Scope® include a complete capacity planning, It allows IT managers to manage their infrastructure and to anticipate and establish medium / long term strategies.A considerable contribution.

 

Capacity planning

EFFICIENCY +                                            COSTS

 

 

* Installed on about 70 bases and more than 10000 virtual machine