No matter how complex a company’s system infrastructure is, capacity management must be agile to meet the needs of users at any given time. Scalability, high availability, maximum security, fast adaptation, high visibility, total predictability, and high performance are the big goals. Only with an automated and simplified management it is possible to reach them efficiently.
The first step is to make a correct evaluation of the existing situation in order to identify which solutions are the most appropriate in each case. It is important to answer a few questions:
– How much capacity do I currently have?
– How many virtual machines can I allocate to the capacity I have left?
– According to the usage scenario, when will I run out of capacity?
– How does the infrastructure respond in peak situations and when will they occur?
Our partner VMware’s vRealize Operations allows you to take another look at capacity management of your system infrastructure, be it compute or storage. When freeing up resources by, for example, optimizing virtual machine resources or adding new physical servers, the platform updates in real time, so you get immediate visibility – no need to wait for historical updates for an accurate idea of available resources.
In addition to ensuring on-demand capacity management, it offers a predictability model for full preparation and anticipation of future needs. Constant monitoring and data collection allows teams to have a “confidence band” – the statistical ability to reveal the moment in the future when the infrastructure reaches a certain level. This argument is essential. Why? The existing tools on the market make this assessment based on historical data – a complex and time-consuming process. vRealize Operations does not rely solely on this history, so the statistical model used has unusual levels of accuracy, and ensures that the infrastructure has the necessary resources and capabilities when the business needs them.
VMWare vRealize Operations Advantages in System Infrastructure Capacity Management
vRealize Operations provides self-driving IT operations management from applications to infrastructure to optimize, plan and scale existing deployments. With artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, it helps IT to run certain operations in a production environment, seamlessly and without interruption, thanks to a unified operations platform. vRealizeOperations offers continuous performance optimization, efficient capacity management, proactive planning, and many other features.
Among other advantages, we highlight:
- Centralized management for software-defined data centers (SDDC) and hybrid cloud environments
- Real-time predictive analytics for timely alerts on capacity levels, needs outlook and recommendations with alerts and notifications
- Integration of Costs with Capacity Analyses
- Integration with third-party solutions
- Availability of REST API
- Automated workload balancing and full stack troubleshooting
This 1-minute video summarises all the potential of VRealize:
With a number of certified professionals, Warpcom has the skills and experience to support your organisation in implementing system infrastructure capacity management solutions, specifically VMWare vRealize Operations.
Get in touch to discuss your specific infrastructure challenges and see how vRealize Operations can be the solution you are looking for.
