Capacity Planning in a Hybrid World

While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, Uptime Institute Intelligence research suggests there are select areas worth investigating and integrating into any capacity management and forecasting strategy. 

Key topics covered in this report:

• Public cloud impact on on-premises data center capacity demands
• Storage growth demand increasing at owned, leased and cloud locations
• Demand for DCIM being driven primarily by capacity planning
• Server virtualization and application containers providing relief for many owners and operators
• Where capacity needs are declining, biggest drivers are virtualization and public cloud
• Increases in server rack density provide increased compute capacity, but can present challenges around power, cooling and networking
• IT hardware refresh cycle and the impact on capacity planning
• Despite virtualization, most servers are still under-utilized

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