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  • capacity sprawl

    Capacity sprawl, in a storage context, is a situation in which multiple, under-utilized or badly managed storage media occupy more overall space than can be justified by actual need.

  • Tuning performance and capacity management

    As data centers virtualize a greater number of resources and scale for more workloads, two tasks become critical to ensure application performance: performance monitoring and capacity planning. Whether these servers are physical or...

  • VMware Capacity Planner (VCP)

    VMware Capacity Planner is a tool that collects information on an IT infrastructure's resource usage and compares it to industry-average data.

  • SQL Server virtualization: When it's just not a good idea

    Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part story by Robert Sheldon. Part two will appear next week.

    Virtualization technologies have seen remarkable advancement in recent years. Virtual machines are more powerful...

  • Is VMware Capacity Planner free?

    Many consultants offer VMware Capacity Planner free to interested virtualization admins, but if you dread their sales pitch, consider vBenchmark.

  • Database index design and optimization: Some guidelines

    Well-designed indexes are an important part of database optimization because they are the key factor in achieving optimal query performance and response...

  • Backup data deduplication users report big capacity reductions

    Fifty-seven percent of our survey respondents say they're implementing backup data deduplication using a variety of means. And they're seeing an average data reduction of 27:1.

    Not too long ago, the storage world celebrated the...

  • SQL Server database capacity planning: A head-on approach

    IT administrators often don’t give a lot of thought to SQL Server database capacity planning -- until the database fills up. But managing database capacity now can help cure headaches later.

  • Three monthly checks for managing database capacity

    Managing database capacity is something DBAs can’t take lightly. Find out what to look at to keep capacity at the proper levels.

  • Scaling up your data center when demand exceeds computing capacity

    When outsourcing your data center for more computing capacity, there are several courses of action and options to consider before inking a contract.

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