Specifications

Chapter 9: Capacity planning
l Click Details to view all the calculations that went into the capacity plan. For
more information about capacity planning details, see Showing the
calculations and variables.
l Click Scatterplot to view the scatterplot graphs of IOPS.
l Click Summary to return to the Capacity Planning summary view which
contains an overview of the resource container, the usage profile, and the
capacity planning results. If the calculation results are not displayed, click
Calculate in the upper right of the Capacity Planning module.
Note: The total and average percentage values displayed in the resource
container are the same by design. The VmAverage value can be lower if the load
on the host or cluster includes non VM-related load.
When will I run out?
One of the most common questions around capacity planning is "When will I run
out of resources." The answer depends on the deployment of new VMs and
applications that consume resources. SolarWinds Virtualization Manager can
predict when you will run out of resources based on how your environment has
grown historically.
To answer this question, load a resource container in the Capacity Planning
module. The resources within the specific container are considered when
calculating when you will run out of resources.
The calculations examine the historical trending of the following values, and also
project when one of these values will reach 100%:
l CPU utilization
l memory utilization
l disk space consumption and disk IOPs
l network consumption
Note: 100% is the default threshold, but you can customize this in the Capacity
Manager. For more information, see Advanced options.
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