IT Systems Management, Second Edition

Chapter 15. Capacity Planning

Introduction

The focus of this chapter is how to plan for the adequate capacity of computer resources within an infrastructure. Just as your perception of whether a cup is either half full or half empty may indicate whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, so also may a person’s view of resource capacity indicate his or her business perception of IT. For example, a server operating at 60-percent capacity may be great news to a performance specialist who is trying to optimally tune response times. But, to an IT financial analyst trying to optimize resources from a cost standpoint, this may be disturbing news of unused resources and wasted costs. This chapter explains and bridges these two ...