Storage Capacity Planning
“How much new storage will we need this year?”
“When will our arrays run out of space?”
Storage capacity planning helps answer predictive storage questions so that you’re never caught by surprise with a last-minute storage need.
Visual Storage Intelligence replaces complicated capacity management spreadsheets with quick and easy reports to help you forecast and predict your storage growth with pinpoint accuracy.
See VSI’s Capacity Planning in Action!Capacity Planning That Forecasts the Future
Contextualize your infrastructure by visualizing where you’ve been and where you’re going.
Picture your data trends through our comparative models, so you can plan ahead and avoid any unwelcome surprises.
Visual Storage Intelligence’s modeling abilities help you set – and keep – your budgeting goals.
Weighted Average Models
Best for complete data sets, this model looks at the last six months of data and weighs recent months over older months.
Simple Linear Models
Best for limited data sets, this model uses simple averages to account for gaps in the data.
Variable Timeframes Models
This customizable growth model lets customers choose the timeframe and adjust for variables.
“What-If” Projection Models
Modify your historical data to test for hypothetical future changes, such as a change in workloads or an additional storage array.
Visual Storage Intelligence customers interviewed by EMA indicated that the capacity management capabilities of the platform were exceptional and enabled them to substantially reduce storage infrastructure costs by accurately pre-planning growth requirements.
— Enterprise Management Associates,
EMA Radar for Storage Intelligence
Capacity Planning By:
- Enterprise
- Data Center
- Device Type
- Classification
- Application
Capacity Management at Every Level
- By Device
- By Group
- By Location
- By Pool
Capacity Reporting For:
- Storage Utilization, Performance & Health
- Backup Storage
- SAN Storage
- Virtual (VMware) Storage
- Variable Capacity Arrays
- And more!
Capacity Management Should be Proactive – not Reactive
Stop letting purchases become reactive decision-making processes. Maximize efficiency with these keys to successful capacity management – all made simple with Visual Storage Intelligence.
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Capacity Planning as a Service (CPaaS)
Build on Visual Storage Intelligence’s comprehensive capacity planning with a personalized Capacity Planning as-a-Service option, offered by Clear Technologies’ team of experts.
Proactive Analysis
Actualize your storage capacity needs on-demand with one centralized tool. Make confident, data-driven decisions in a timely manner.
Human Intelligence
Optimize your storage capacity based on Clear Technologies’ expert analysis and recommendations. Utilize CPaaS to factor in acquisitions, data migration, or storage refresh.
Operational Equity
Eliminate the financial pain of extended time and additional resources of traditional capacity planning. Build a risk-free IT operations forecast.