Chapter 9. Proactive Planning
This chapter includes the following topics:
Baselining performance levels
The dynamic enterprise
Diagnosing problems
Validating changes
Enabling technologies
Scenario modeling
Capacity planning
Reviewing SLAs
End-to-end delivery
Networking is dynamic. Things will change, including software versions and usage levels. For application monitoring to be effective, businesses must first define their performance objectives (acceptable response time limits) for each application transaction type. Proactive planning ensures maintenance of the delivery criteria required of business-critical applications. (That is, application response times will be maintained as user numbers increase.)
This chapter begins by discussing aspects of proactive ...
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