Performance and Capacity Management Through Optimization

VMware and Virtual Infrastructure

Many VMware customers find that in production they do not have the software to manage capacity planning effectively.

They cannot answer key questions, like:

• How many VMs should I run per server? How many more VMs can I add before I run into trouble?
• Which VMs should be hosted together for optimal performance? Which apps will perform well on a VM? Which ones won’t?
• Which storage should I use? Is my storage slowing VMware down?

BalancePoint provides deep insight into the physical and virtual elements that are involved with delivering virtual infrastructure performance. It can help identify the performance capacity and physical storage capacity requirements of each app running on a VM. BalancePoint can be used to baseline performance behavior of applications before they are virtualized, and can help optimize their performance after they are part of the virtual infrastructure. Performance Index™, a unique BalancePoint technology, shows what optimal performance would be for every VM on your system, and helps you attain that level.

Servers and Storage

Many companies deal with performance problems by over-provisioning server and storage resources. This is a costly way to ensure that sufficient resources are available when needed and service levels can be met. According to TheInfoPro, 44% of companies recognize that they are over-provisioning storage to ensure application performance. Servers are also widely over-provisioned and under-utilized: CPU utilization falls below 25% for many applications. Overall, 81% of companies surveyed can save more than five percent of server, storage, and operational costs with better tools. BalancePoint provides deep insight to help optimize both server and storage capacity. It provides a “heads up” for future capacity requirement; it helps with planning for additional capacity by identifying the number of weeks until more capacity will be required for each application or VM. BalancePoint produces regular performance and capacity management status reports, making it easy to manage server and storage capacity by application or by business unit.

To find out more please contact us.