In the pre-virtualization era, wondering whether you had enough capacity to handle the day's workload was inconceivable. If your workstations were connected to their own servers, then of course there was enough capacity — actually, there was more than enough. But while virtualization eliminated that grossly inefficient practice, it introduced a need for robust capacity planning measures to ensure that data loads do not exceed available resources. All the top virtualization platforms provide some form of capacity planning software, but there are a number of factors to instituting the proper polices and maintaining a workable planning regime as the enterprise expands, or contracts, according to business requirements. |